THE EFFECT OF TRAINING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TOWARDBACKHAND DRIVE ABILITY IN TABLE TENNIS

Résumé

The objective of this research is to find out the effect of training and physical activity toward
drive ability in table tennis of student in faculty of sport and publichealth University of
Manado, departement of health and recreation education. The method used in this research was
factorial 2x2 design method. The population was taken from the student of Faculty of Sport at
Manado State University, Indonesia, in 2022 of 80 students for sample research. The result of
this research shows thas : In general, this training of wall bounce gives better effect toward
backhand drive ability compare with the of pair training in table tennis. For the students who
have strong backhand muscle, the wall bounce training give better effect to their ability of
backhand drive in table tennis. For the student who have weak backhand muscle, pair training
give better effect than wall bound training toward backhand drive ability in table tennis. There
is an interaction between training using hand muscle strength to the training result in table
tennis using backhand drive.
Keywords: Backhand Drive, Table Tennis