Journal Coaching Education Sports
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023)

Body Fat Percentage of Male Martial Arts Athletes Preparing for PON Papua

Samodra, Y. Touvan Juni (Unknown)
Wati, Isti Dwi Puspita (Unknown)
Gandasari, Maharani Fatima (Unknown)
Yosika, Ghana Firsta (Unknown)
B, Putra Sastaman (Unknown)
Sofyan, Davi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 May 2024

Abstract

The required fat percentage for martial athletes is an important component. The purpose of this study was to describe the body fat percentage of martial arts athletes from Tarung Rajat, Boxing, Kempo, Pencak Silat, Taekwondo, Kempo, and Muay Thai who were chosen as the best athletes for the Papua New Guinea PON preparation. The number of samples is 70 athletes, with details of 7 taekwondo, 13 tarung drajat, 16 pencak silat, 24 boxing, 3 kempo, and 7 muay thai. Measurements were made with the Omron Karada Scan HBF-375 balance. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics. The results showed that the overall average percentage of athletes' body fat was 15.17%, included in the normal category. And you can say that the body fat percentage of martial arts athletes in this study is in the low category.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JCESPORTS

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Focus: Journal Coaching Education Sports mainly focuses on disseminating conceptual thoughts or idea and research results that have been archieved in the area of sport. Scope: Journal Coaching Education Sports particularly focuses on the main problems in the development of the sciences of sports ...