Physical Conditioning of Freestyle Swimming Athletes

DOI

10.2991/ahsr.k.210130.012How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Physical condition, swimming athlete

Abstract

The problem in this study is the low performance of the TirtaKaluang swimming pool athletes in Padang. This study aims to determine the level of physical condition of athletes, including: explosive power leg muscles, flexibility, and speed.The design of this research is descriptive research. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique, amounting to 13 people, 5 sons and 8 daughters in the achievement group. Explosive power of leg muscles was measured by standing broad jump test. Flexibility is measured by a flexiometer test. Running speed is used for 60 meter sprint tests. Data analysis techniques using descriptive statistics with frequency distribution in the form of percentages.The results of the study: (1) The level of explosive power of the athlete’s leg muscles obtained an average value of 186.6 cm (son) and 133.0 cm (daughter) are in sufficient classification. (2) The level of flexibility of athletes obtained an average value of 10.8 cm (son) and 11.7 cm (daughter) are in the less classification. (3) The speed of the athlete obtained an average value of 9.9 seconds (son) and 12.1 seconds (daughter) are in the less classification.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alnedral
AU  - Bonardo Aritonang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/01
TI  - Physical Conditioning of Freestyle Swimming Athletes
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sport Sciences, Health and Tourism (ICSSHT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 56
EP  - 63
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210130.012
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210130.012
ID  - 2021
ER  -