2024, Vol. 11, Issue 5, Part D

Background and Research Objectives: Physical components in goalkeepers are agility, reaction, strength, flexibility, power. Goalkeepers need reaction ability to make saves to be conceded. This study aims to determine the effect of training using tennis balls and training using size 2 balls on improving the reaction ability of soccer goalkeepers.

Materials and Methods: This research is an experiment that uses a Two-Group Pretest-Posttest Design research design. The subjects in this study were goalkeepers of UNY soccer school aged 10-14 years. The sampling technique in this study used total sampling technique. The subjects in this study amounted to 12 goalkeepers. The statistical analysis technique used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26 software. To test the hypothesis using the t-test, before testing the hypothesis first conduct a prerequisite test.

1.There is a significant effect of training using tennis balls on the goalkeeper's reaction ability with the acquisition of a t-count value of 3.071 and and a significance value of 0.028 probability.

2.There is a significant effect of training using size 2 balls on the goalkeeper's reaction ability with the acquisition of a t-count value of 3.871 and a significance value of 0.012 probability.

Conclusion: Further researchers who are interested in examining the goalkeeper's reaction ability, then this study can be used as a reference to help researchers in examining the effect of training on goalkeeper reaction ability. However, this research is still only limited to training variables using tennis balls and size 2 balls. Therefore, it is hoped that future researchers can examine the effect of other exercises on the ability of goalkeepers.