Influence of ladder drill exercises and shuttle run toward agility level among basketball players in Bosowa International School Makassar

Agility was an important component that must be owned by a basketball player. The study aims was to determine influence of ladder drill exercise and shuttle run toward agility level among basketball players in Bosowa International School. The study was experimental research design using two group pre-test and post-test. The independent variables such as ladder drill exercise and shuttle run and dependent variable was agility level. The samples were 30 male students who met the inclusion criteria. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The samples were divided into two groups by using random sampling techniques. The data was measured using Illinois Agility Test and conducted within 4 weeks. The Mann-Whitney test found there was no influence of ladder drill exercise and shuttle run toward agility level among basketball players, p=0.575<0.05. Meanwhile, Wilcoxon test and paired t-test found there was significant influence of ladder drill exercise and shuttle run toward agility level, p=0.001.