Developing the Types of Exercise to Improve the Agility of Wheelchair Badminton Athletes

Abstract

This study aims to produce a developing product of exercise types to improve the agility of disabled badminton athletes. This research and development is conducted by adapting development research steps as follows: (1) preliminary studies, (2) initial draft design, (3) initial draft validation and revision, (4) small-scale trials and revisions, (5) large-scale trials and revisions, (6) final products, and (7) effectiveness tests. Small-scale trials were conducted at NPC of Bantul, and large-scale trials were conducted in the NPC of Yogyakarta Special Region. The effectiveness test was conducted in NPC of Yogyakarta Special Region. The data collection instruments used were: (1) interview guideline, (2) questionnaires, (3) and effectiveness test instruments in the form of performance tests. The effectiveness test used a zig-zag run modification instrument. Data were analyzed quantitative descriptive on the assessment scale, t-test on effectiveness test and qualitative descriptive on product assessment input and interview results. The results showed that: (1) Types of exercise to improve the agility of wheelchair badminton athletes with development stages starting from: (a) preliminary studies, (b) developing initial products; expert validation (materials and media) and revisions, (c) product trials; small-scale trials/ revisions and large-scale trials/ revisions, and, (d) product effectiveness tests. The final product in this study is a book entitled “Types of Agility Exercises for Wheelchair Badminton Athletes”. The product produces ten types of agility exercises for wheelchair badminton athletes. (2) The types of exercise to improve agility for wheelchair badminton athletes based on a material expert assessment of 81% is in the very good/ very feasible category and a media expert assessment of 80%, is in the good/ feasible category. (3) Types of exercise to improve agility for wheelchair badminton athletes is effective with a p value < 0.05 and an increase of 8.73%.