The effect of ankle strengthening exercise on balance in youth basketball players

Background and Study Aim Balance is an important factor in basketball, so the level of balance that is still low needs to be improved to support future achievements, especially for youth basketball players. This study aims to improve the right and the left balance of adolescent basketball players aged 16 and 18 years old and determine the difference in the effect of theraband exercise and bosu ball exercise. The study was conducted to determine the effect of ankle strengthening exercise using bosu ball exercise and theraband exercise on the balance of male basketball players aged 16 years and 18 years is a type of quantitative research. Material and Methods The research design used is experimental research with 2x2 factorial analysis, and the level of significance was set a 0.05 for all samples. The sample in this study amounted to 64 men's basketball players, with details of 32 players in the age group 16 and 32 players in the age group 18. Players in the age group 16 and age 18 were each divided into 4 sample groups using the ABBA formula, so that the number in each sample group consists of 8 players. Results Pre-test left theraband exercise and post-test left theraband exercise = 5% (0.05) > sig. (2-tailed) 0.000, it can be interpreted that there is a significant change in left balance for basketball players aged 16 years after being given theraband exercise treatment. Pre-test left bosu ball exercise and post-test left bosu ball exercise on left balance the value of = 5% (0.05) > sig. (2-tailed) 0.001, then it can be interpreted that there is a significant change in left balance for basketball players aged 16 years after being given bosu ball exercise treatment. Pre-test left theraband exercise and post-test left theraband exercise = 5% (0.05) > sig. (2-tailed) 0.005, it can be interpreted that there is a significant change in left balance for basketball players aged 18 years after being given the theraband exercise treatment. Pre-test left theraband exercise and post-test left theraband exercise = 5% (0.05) > sig. (2-tailed) 0.005, it can be interpreted that there is a significant change in left balance for basketball players aged 18 years after being given the theraband exercise treatment. Conclusions Characteristics of the age group of 16 years and 18 years are not much different. Bosu ball exercises give a better effect than theraband exercise. Although statistically not too significant, there is a difference in the average. That condition is because the motor system works more, starting from the legs, back, and abdomen muscles. The motor system that works when doing theraband exercise tends to be on the muscles in the legs.