THE EFFECT OF SLED-PULLING TRAINING METHOD ON SPRINTING ABILITY OF SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF NW HUSNUL ABROR

This study aims to determine the effect of the sled pulling training method on sprinting ability among seventh-grade students at MTs NW Husnul Abror. This experimental study used two groups: an experimental group that received the sled pulling training method and a control group that did not receive this training. The subjects consisted of 10 male students divided into two groups of 5 students each. The data collected included pretest and posttest sprinting ability results.The Shapiro-Wilk normality test was used to ensure that the data were normally distributed. The normality test results showed that the data were normally distributed with p-values > 0.05 for all data. The Levene's test of homogeneity was used to ensure that the variances of the two groups were homogeneous. The homogeneity test results showed that the variances of the two groups were homogeneous with p-values > 0.05. The hypothesis test using the paired t-test showed that there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest results in the experimental group (p = 0.002), while there was no significant difference in the control group (p = 0.101). The independent t-test showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the posttest results (p = 0.006). The results of this study indicate that the sled pulling training method has a significant effect on improving sprinting ability among seventh-grade students at MTs NW Husnul Abror. The average improvement in sprinting ability in the experimental group was higher than in the control group, with an increase of 1.44 seconds for the experimental group and 0.36 seconds for the control group. Thus, the sled pulling training method can be recommended as an effective training method to improve sprinting ability in students.