Analysis of the Accuracy and Shooting Angles for Aceh Pétanque Athletes in 2025

Abstract

Pétanque is a precision sport where players throw a metal ball as close as possible to a wooden ball, aiming to keep the target ball or their opponent's ball close to the Boka. Pétanque has two basic techniques, namely pointing and shooting. Biomechanical factors that affect throws, such as knowing the angle to throw the ball towards the target, taking into account the ideal angle in making backwards hand swings, and forward ball release, also need to be considered when making throws to get the desired ball throw. The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of the shooting angle of Aceh pétanque athletes. This study uses a type of quantitative research. The sampling technique is carried out using purposive sampling, which involves selecting participants based on specific criteria or goals, namely to rank the top 10 Aceh pétanque athletes according to their achievements.Furthermore, the data is processed with the Kinovea software application to measure the angle of the throw, backswing and release. The angle of accuracy of the shooting of Aceh pétanque athletes was obtained as follows: The shooting accuracy of Aceh pétanque athletes is 40 with a low category, a percentage value of medium category with a frequency of 4 athletes with a percentage of 40%, and a low category with a frequency of 6 athletes with a percentage of 60%. The angle of the shooting throw in each session was obtained. The backswing angle of one athlete was very high, ranging from 116 to 1320, while another athlete's was very low, ranging from 25 to 410. The remaining eight athletes used a common angle, close to 59-69°. The release angle of one athlete was very high, ranging from 150 to 1650, while another athlete used a very low angle, ranging from 112 to 1290. The remaining eight athletes used a common angle, close to 126 to 135°.