The Effect of Target Training on the Shooting Accuracy of Female Futsal Extracurricular Participants at Mulia Senior High School Medan

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of target training on the shooting accuracy of female futsal extracurricular participants at Mulia Senior High School Medan.

Materials and Methods: This study used an experimental method with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The participants were 15 female students who joined the futsal extracurricular program and were selected using purposive sampling. The inclusion criteria were female students who were physically healthy and willing to follow the treatment procedures. The intervention consisted of target training conducted for 16 sessions. Shooting accuracy was measured using a futsal shooting test. The data were analyzed using prerequisite tests and a paired-sample t-test at a significance level of 0.05.

Results: The results showed that target training had a significant effect on the shooting accuracy of female futsal extracurricular participants. The calculated t-value was 19.13, which was higher than the t-table value of 1.76 at df = 14. The percentage increase in shooting accuracy after the intervention was 11.4%.

Conclusions: Target training significantly improved the shooting accuracy of female futsal extracurricular participants at Mulia Senior High School Medan. These findings indicate that target-based shooting exercises can be used as an effective training strategy to improve shooting performance in school futsal extracurricular programs.