The Effect of Training Using Power Resistance Bands on the Jab Straight Results in Boxing at SMA Methodish Lubuk Pakam in 2025

Abstract

Background

Researchers obtained information and facts from the field that students still make many errors in the jab straight technique. Therefore, the researchers aimed to implement a variation of training that is easy to understand and perform, namely training using power resistance bands.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training using power resistance bands in the boxing class of the Methodish High School in Lubuk Pakam in 2025 on jab straight results.

Methods

This research was quantitative, with a population and sample of 10 extracurricular students at the Methodish High School in Lubuk Pakam in 2025. This study used an experimental method and a "One Group Pretest-Posttest Design" design.

Results

The pretest and posttest samples consisted of 10 students, with a pretest score range of 10, with a maximum score of 13 and a minimum score of 3. The mean pretest score was 8.83, and a standard deviation of 3.243. Meanwhile, the range or range of post-test values ​​is 8, with a maximum value of 14 and a minimum value of 6, a mean or average post-test value of 10.50, and a standard deviation of 2.541.

Conclusion

Power Resistance Bands training has been proven to have a significant effect on improving the Jab Straight ability of boxing athletes from the Methodist High School in Lubuk Pakam in 2025, as indicated by an increase in the average value from 8.5 to 10.7 and a t-test result with a significance value of 0.001 < 0.05. Despite the limitations of the study, these results support the theory and previous research that systematic exercise variations are effective in improving motor skills.