KONTRIBUSI KEKUATAN OTOT TUNGKAI TERHADAP BANYAKNYA TENDANGAN MAWASHI PADA ATLET KARATE WADOKAI DOJO UNIVERSITAS PGRI PALEMBANG

This study aims to determine the contribution of leg muscle strength to the number of mawashi kicks in wadokai dojo karate athletes, PGRI Palembang University. The formulation of the problem in this study is whether there is a contribution of leg muscle strength to the number of mawashi kicks in wadokai dojo karate athletes, PGRI Palembang University. The research method used in this research is correlational quantitative method, this method is used to find out whether there is a contribution of leg muscle strength to the number of mawashi kicks in wadokai dojo karate athletes, PGRI University Palembang. The sample in this study was a population sample, namely all karate athletes at the Wadokai dojo University of PGRI Palembang totaling 25 people. The results showed that the correlation between leg muscle strength and the number of mawashi kicks in wadokai dojo karate athletes at PGRI Palembang University was 0.573 for a sample of 25 people, quite strong. Furthermore, the contribution of leg muscle strength to the number of mawashi kicks in karate athletes at the Wadokai dojo University of PGRI Palembang is 32.8% and the remaining 67.2% is determined by other variables outside of this study.