Jakarta athletics training during the covid-19

Abstract

In 2019, all countries experience the corona virus including Indonesia. The spread of the Covid-19 virus outbreak caused obstacles in the athletics training process. This study used a Google form help questionnaire by asking 10 questions to 104 Elite athletes respondents in DKI Jakarta. The results showed 100% were athletes in DKI, as many as 65.4% stated that athletes experienced co-19 effects. As many as 73.1% said exercise could still be done during the outbreak, 76.9% of athletes stated that the training program was conducted well online. 26.9% respondents said the exercise was done online with the trainer. As many as 87.4% of athletes knew the training procedures online 25% had difficulty training with online trainers; 34.6% did not always and 40.4% had no difficulties. 64.4% of respondents stated online exercises made the training process easier and 35.6% said there were no obstacles. Barriers to equipment availability are the most dominant experienced by athletes. The results found that online training is suitable for athletes to use in the new normal era.