KONTRIBUSI KELENTUKAN PERGELANGAN TANGAN DENGAN KETERAMPILAN SERVICE DALAM PERMAINAN TENIS MEJA PADA ATLET PTMSI KABUPATEN PADANG PARIAMAN

Abstract

This research was motivated by researcher"™sobservation in the field that low skills service of PTMSI athletes Padang Pariaman, was caused by the lack of wristflexibility. This study aimed to determine the contribution of wrist flexibility with service skills in table tennis game of PTMSIathletes.

This research is a correlational research. The population in this study are all athletes of PTMSI Padang Pariaman. Sampling was conducted with saturated sampling technique. The samples in this research were 20 athletes of PTMSI PadangPariaman.

From the research data analysis shows that there is a significant correlation between the wrist flexibility with service skills in table tennis game of athletes PadangPariaman PTMSI. Flexibility of the wrist contributed 50.41% to the service of table tennis skills. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the wrist flexibility is a factor that also provide contribution and influence to service skills in table tennisgame.