Effectiveness Of Training Methods In Improving Finswimming Skills For Beginner Athletes

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the training model used in improving finswimming skills for beginner athletes. Forty beginnerfinswimming athletes aged 16-19 years participated in this study. Participants were beginner athletes who had just learned finswimming but had average swimming abilities. Treatment was given in the 25m swimming pool at Bujana Tirta, East Jakarta. Small trials and large trials were carried out to ensure that the training method was suitable for beginner athletes. The training methods provided include body position training models, leg movement training models, arm movement training models, breathing movement training models, and coordination training models. Each exercise model is carried out on land and in the swimming pool. There are thirty-six training methods given to beginnerfinswimming athletes after being validated by test and measurement experts, finswimming training material experts, and biomechanics experts. The research results for the treatment group showed a figure of 76.2456% which was included in the effective category, and the control group was only 28.1746% and was included in the ineffective category.