An Analysis of Scoring Skill in Pencak Silat Competition

Abstract

The objective of this research was to analysis scoring skill of Pencak Silat athletes as distributed by variables of gender, class, and round. The samples of this research were those Pencak Silat athletes having participated in the 42nd National Games at SuphanBuri Province, who advanced to semifinal, quarterfinal, and final rounds, totally 48 sugjects. Data collection was performed using Sports Code Performance Analysis Software device package, video camera recorders, and official scoring records of Pencak Silat sport. Data analysis was conducted using basic statistics : frequency and percentage.

The research results indicated that pencake Silat athletes mostly used kicking skill in scoring, a number of 501 times, 28.13%. Shovingwas the attack most exerted and successfully scored, 122 times, 30.42%, resulting most score at 244 points, followed by (sorted by score) kicking, flooring with hands and legs, flooring with legs, boxing, and flooring with hands. For male Pencak Silat athletes, shoving was most exerted and successfully scored, 98 times, 33.45%, while kicking was for female. 38 times. 35.19%. The Pencak Silat athletes of Male A, Male B, Male C, Male F, Female A, and Female C classes successfully scord most by kicking; Male H class athletes mostly floored the opponents by legs and successfully scored; and Female D class athletes used boxing skill in scoring and mostly successful. In semifinal, most Pencak Silat athletes successfully scored using kicking skill, while those in quarterfinal and final rounds used shoving skill and most successfully scored.