THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARM POWER AND EYE-HAND COORDINATION WITH TABLE TENNIS FOREHAND ACCURACY IN MALE ATHLETES FROM RIAU PPLP

Wina Hafizah Rahmi

Wina Hafizah Rahmi Department of Sport Education, School of Postgraduate, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

Keywords: arm power, Eye-hand coordination, forehand accuracy, able tennis

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between arm power and eye-hand coordination with table tennis forehand accuracy in male PPLP Riau athletes. This type of research is multiple correlation research. The population in this study were 10 PPLP Riau athletes. The sampling technique was purposive sampling with the number of samples being 8 men. The research instrument used was a seated medicine ball throw test, a tennis ball throwing test, and a table tennis forehand accuracy test. Based on the calculation results obtained = 0.06, the value = 0.38, and the multiple correlation value is = 0.40. The conclusions of this study are: (1) there is no relationship between arm power and table tennis forehand accuracy in male PPLP Riau athletes. (2) there is no relationship between eye-hand coordination and the accuracy of table tennis forehand strokes in male PPLP Riau athletes. (3) there is no relationship between arm power and eye-hand coordination with table tennis forehand accuracy in male PPLP Riau athletes.