Hubungan Kelentukan Pergelangan Tangan dengan Kemampuan Service Forehand Atlet Tenis Meja Putra Club MJB

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to see the relationship between wrist flexibility and the ability to serve forehand forehand athletes in the men's table tennis club Maju Jaya Bersama Fifty Kota. This type of research is correlational. This research was conducted in January-February 2023. The population in this study were all table tennis players at the MJB club and a sample of 12 male athletes. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling technique. The instruments in this study to test wrist flexibility were the goniometer and table tennis service skills test. Product-moment data analysis technique by person with SPSS v.22. The results of this study are that there is a relationship between wrist flexibility and forehand service ability for men's table tennis athletes at Club Maju Jaya Bersama with Sig. (2-tailed) 0.001 > 0.05. This means that the forehand service of the men's table tennis athletes at Club Maju Jaya Bersama must be further improved because the better the flexibility of the wrist, the better the forehand serve will be performed.