AN ANALYSIS OF SHOOTING ACCURACY TOWARDS ARCHERY ATHLETE’S ARM LENGTH, ARM STRENGTH, AND BODY MASS INDEX (A Study of KONI Bandung District, Archery Division)

Abstract

Background. Accuracy in archery is the ability to achieve (point) against the target or Target Face when the arrows are out of the bow using a high level of consentration in carrying out a series of shooting techniques. Based on many numbers of arrow athletes who won the championship by balancing their body balance and maintaining their stamina.

Purpose. To understand the possibility of any potencies or some overviews of sleeve length, arm muscle strength, limb length, and body mass towards the archery accuracy in archery athletes.

Method. This research is an analytic observational research with a cross sectional approach, which is a research that emphasizes measurement time or data observation one time at a time, which is done on the dependent variable and independent variable. This research only makes observations, without giving any intervention on researched variables. The data analysis used is pearson correlation test and using hypothesis test, and by performing a linear regression test.

Result. The pearson correlation test using sleeve length towards the accuracy of archery showed the correlation score (r) equal to 0,576 (p=0,002) significant (p<0.05), limb length towards the archery accuracy with the correlation score (r ) equal to 0,631 (p=0,001) significant (p<0,05). And the hipothesis test obtained the arm length, limb length, and body mass index showed that there was not any meanignful correlation towards the accuracy of archery, and dominantly correlating with the arm muscle strength.

Conclusion. The accuracy in archery has a high effect, namely with sufficient training to build good muscle strength.

Key Words. Accuracy of archery, exercise, arm muscle strength.