Ilham Ilham, David Iqroni, Manil Karakauki, Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Ali, Agus Kristiyanto, Ahmad Nasrulloh, Kukuh Wahyudin Pratama, Rifqi Festiawan, Erick Burhaein, Diajeng Tyas Pinru Phytanza
This study aims to determine whether resistance band exercise influences freestyle swimming skills in the fourth-semester students of the Faculty of Sports and Health Education Study Program. Resistance band exercises are carried out to bind the strength of the leg, arm, and abdominal muscles because the increased strength in these muscle groups will help in executing freestyle swimming movements properly. This research is an experimental study using the one-group pre-test and post-test design. The research instrument used was a test of freestyle swimming skills at 25 meters, while cross-checking on the observation sheet, the freestyle swimming movements carried out by the subjects studied. This research’s hypothesis is that there is an effect of resistance band training on freestyle swimming skills. The results obtained are the value of Sig. (2-tailed) < 0.05 (95% confidence). It can be concluded that there is an effect of resistance band training on the freestyle swimming skills of the for fourth-semester of the Faculty of Sports and Health Education Study Program. © 2021, Drustvo Pedagoga Tjelesne i Zdravstvene Kulture. All rights reserved.
Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Jambi, Indonesia; Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia; Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Sports, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia; Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Institute of Advanced Science, Engineering, and Education (IASEE), Malaysia; Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Sudirman, Indonesia; Department of Sports Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Ma ’ arif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen, Indonesia; Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
