Abstract:
Tennis athletes really need to master the forehand stroke well. A
quality forehand technique will give athletes high confidence to be
able to play tennis wellThis study aims to determine the effect of
drill and elementary exercises in improving the forehand hitting
ability of JPOK tennis athletes. The research method used is
experimental. The study was conducted as many as 16 times the
exercise. The subjects in this study were JPOK student tennis
athletes, totaling 16 people. The sampling technique used is total
sampling. The research instrument used was the Hewitt tennis
achievement test to determine the forehand ability. Analysis of
research data using t-score analysis to test the difference in the pretest and post-test scores. The level of validation value is 0.63 and
the level of reliability value is 0.75. The results of this study show
that both drill and elementary training methods can improve the
forehand hitting ability of JPOK tennis athletes. The results of data
analysis, drill exercises obtained t-count is greater than t-table 17.60
> 2.365. Forehand only effect, t-count is greater than t-table 8.05 >
2.365. Drill and elementary training methods can be used as
exercises to improve tennis athletes' forehand skills. Drill training is
known to have more effect on tennis forehand ability.
