RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEG LENGTH AND LEG POWER WITH CRESCENT KICK SPEED OF UNGARAN SILAT CLUB ATHLETES
Atika Kurnia wardani, Aristiyanto, Nur Amin, Ika Nilawati

Ngudi Waluyo University

Abstract

Martial arts has basic techniques, one of which is the crescent kick which can affect the speed of the kick, namely leg length and leg power. This research was conducted to determine the relationship between leg length and leg power with crescent kick speed. The research design used is cross sectional and uses a correlational method with a quantitative approach with test and measurement data collection techniques. The sample in this study were 15 athletes from Ungaran Silat Club using a total sampling sample. In this study, data processing used SPSS with data analysis, namely univariate to determine the mean, median and mode values, bivariate to determine the relationship between each independent variable and the dependent variable, multivariate analysis which aims to determine the relationship between leg length and leg power with crescent kik speed. The results of this study are: there is a significant relationship between leg length and crescent kick speed of P-Value 0,004, there is a significant relationship between leg power and crescent kick speed of Ungaran Silat Club Semarang district athletes P-Value 0,001 and there is a significant relationship between leg length and leg power with crescent kick speed of Ungaran Silat Club athletes 0,001 and the percentage of the influence of the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable is equal to 92,1%. In this study, there is a relationship between leg length and leg power with crescent kick speed of Ungaran Silat Club athletes in Semarang Regency.

Keywords: Leg length, Leg Power, Martial Arts

Topic: Sport sciences