PELATIHAN REACHING OBLIQUE CRUNCH LEBIH MENINGKATKAN KEKUATAN OTOT PERUT DARI PADA PELATIHAN PILATE TOE TAPS PADA SISWA PUTRA PESERTA EKSTRAKURIKULER PENCAK SILAT SMP NEGERI 2 KUTA

In the pencak silat competition, pencak silat athletes should be protected their abdominal muscles, because the abdomen is an area for attacking points so that martial arts athletes need good abdominal muscle strength to support the attacks of the opponent. ROC and PTT exercises are exercises to increase the strength of the abdominal muscles. The purpose of this study is to prove that ROC training is more effective than PTT training in increasing abdominal muscle strength of male athletes in extracurricular pencak silat at SMP Negeri 2 Kuta. This type of true experimental research with randomized pre-test and post-test with control groups design. The subjects of the study were 32 male students in extracurricular pencak silat at SMP Negeri 2 Kuta and were divided into two groups. Group 1 was given ROC training and Group 2 was given PTT training, frequency of the exercise 3 times a week for 6 weeks. Measurement of abdominal muscle strength can be measured using a sit-up test for 30 seconds. The results of the study in both groups obtained the mean abdominal muscle strength before ROC training 19.1 ± 3.7 per 30 seconds, whereas after training 24.9 ± 4.4 per 30 seconds. The mean abdominal muscle strength before PTT training was 18.1 ± 3.2 per 30 seconds, whereas after PTT training it became 20.3 ± 3.5 per 30 seconds. Average different test for abdominal muscle strength in group 1 and group 2 using independent t-test showed that p = 0.00 (p <0.05). It can be concluded that the interventions in group 1 and group 2 are equally good in providing a significant effect on abdominal muscle strength which the ROC intervention further increases the abdominal strength of male athletes in extracurricular of pencak silat at SMP Negeri 2 Kuta. The suggestion in this research is that the trainers are expected to provide training correctly and use evaluation monitoring methods to improve athlete achievement. Keyword: Reaching Oblique Crunch, Pilate Toe Taps, Abdominal Muscle strenght, Pencak silat.