Effect of playing comprehension model on basketball playing skills

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the application of the playing understanding training method on the performance of basketball athletes. This study used an experimental research method involving 40 basketball athletes aged 11-14 years in Bandung Regency as the study population. A sample of 20 people was tested for understanding playing through the instrument used was the Game Performance Assessment Instrument observation sheet. The sample taken was a group of athletes with early ability to play high basketball who were given the playing comprehension exercise method, the sampling technique used was saturated sampling with a one group-pretest-posttest design. The results of data processing and data analysis were obtained using the sample t-test, namely paired t-test. Based on the results of these calculations, the conclusion is that the method of understanding play can improve the performance of a group of athletes with high initial abilities to play basketball.