Drilling distance fixed vs changing: which exercise is better for accuracy archery?

Abstract

Fixed and changing drilling drills are exercises that are rarely carried out so there is a lack of knowledge to know the use and purpose of fixed and changing distance drilling drills that have not been proven by scientific research. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of fixed distance drilling training on increasing archery accuracy in archery athletes. This type of research is quantitative experimental research with a Two Groups Pretest-Posttest Design. The population was 20 people, taken by purposive sampling: male archery athletes aged 15-20 years, before dividing the sample they were divided into two using ordinal pairing. Training was carried out over 18 meetings with archery at varying and fixed distances. Archery instrument distance 40 Meters. The data analysis technique is the t-test. Research results: 1) there is a significant effect of fixed drilling training distance on increasing the archery accuracy of archery athletes, with a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05; 2) there is a significant effect of changing drilling training distance on archery athletes' archery accuracy, with a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05; 3) there is a significant difference between fixed and changing drilling training distances on archery athletes' archery accuracy, with a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05. Conclusion. Fixed and variable distance drilling drills can improve archery accuracy. Fixed drilling drills are more suited to beginner/teen archery athletes while variable drilling is suited to an adult environment.