The relationship between students’ concentration level and smash result competency in badminton extracurricular

Abstract

This correlation study aims to determine the relationship between the concentration of badminton extracurricular students on smash accuracy. The study population was all extracurricular students at SMPN 5 Pamekasan and SMP Plus Nurul Hikmah as many as 94 students (M: 60; F: 34). Sampling using simple random sampling resulted in 56 students (M: 28; F: 28). Concentration was measured using the Concentration Grid Test (validity t=8.771, p0.05). Spearman's rho correlation showed that there was no relationship between concentration and smash accuracy (r= 0.146, p= 0.284>0.05). There is no relationship because the students' smash ability is still lacking and when they do it too fast the concentration that should be able to be maximized properly becomes less good or less than optimal. It can be concluded that research on the relationship between students' concentration levels and badminton extracurricular smash skills has no relationship.

Keywords

• concentration
• badminton
• extracurricular