The Effect of Calf Raise to Leg Muscle Power for Beginner of Athletic Athlete in Pekanbaru

This research was aimed to find out whether there is the effect of calf raise to the power of leg muscle for beginner athletes in athletic Pekanbaru. Type of this research is experimental, the population of this research was the athletic club Pekanbaru, and the sample was the total of population, which was 6 athlete. The instrument used to determine the strength of the result of this research are leg dynamometer. The data were analyzed by statistic to test normality by lilifors test in α0.05significant level. According to the analysis of t test, the result is Ttest is 6,16 and Ttabel 2,015, so Ttest>Ttabel. According to statistic of analysis data, the average of pre-test is 33,67 and average of post-test is 39,33, so the data was normal. In conclusion, there was an effect of calf raise to the power of leg muscle for beginner athletes athletic Pekanbaru.

This study investigates the effect of calf raises on leg muscle power in beginner athletes.