International Journal of Research in Counseling and Education  
Volume 04  Number 01 2020 

ISSN: Print 1412-9760 – Online 2541-5948 

DOI: 10.24036/00245za0002 

 
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The Impact of Concentration Toward Soccer Player Shooting Ability 

of  Soccer  School  Batuang  Taba  Padang  City 
 

Tjung Hauw Sin1, Marjan Aprinanda1 
1Universitas Negeri Padang  

*Corresponding author, e-mail: tjunghauwsin@konselor.org 

 

Abstract 
The problem of this research was soccer player shooting ability of Soccer School Batuang 

Taba still low. It can be seen from the decreasing of their achievement that happened in 

Soccer School Batuang Taba. The aim of this study is to reveal the direct impact of 

Concentration, on Shooting ability of soccer player. This research method is quantitive by 

using Path Analysis approach. Population are 19 soccer players of U-15 Soccer School 

Batuang Taba. The sample technique is done by Proportionate Random Sampling, so the 

participants became 17 soccer players. The instrument was shooting ability test. Grid 

Concentration, exercise for measuring Concentration. Technique of data analysis used with 
Path Analysis. The result of research and data analysis showed that: Concentration has a 

direct and significant effect on Shooting ability of 12.25%. 

 

 

Keywords: Concentration, Shooting Ability of Soccer 

How to Cite:  Sin, T.H., Aprinanda.M., (2020). The Impact of Concentration Toward Soccer 

Player Shooting Ability of Soccer School Batuang Taba Padang City. International Journal Of 

Research In Counseling and Education, 4 (1), 35-39 

 

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Introduction 

The game of football is to enter the ball into the opponent’s goal as much as possible and defend the 

goal itself from being broken in to obtain victor (Thoriq Al Mundiri, M., & Widodo, 2019). To achieve the 

desired performance a soccer player must have good technical, physical, tactic, and mental skills. 

Syafruddin (2011: 22) ) which states that, "the ability of an athlete  at a time of competition is influenced by 

physical, technical, tactic and mental factors". Next Tangkudung dan Puspitorini (Firmansyah, 2017) 

argued that the best achievement would only have been achieved if coaching could be carried out and 

focused on aspects of the whole training that included player personality, physical condition, technical 

skills, tactical skills, and player psychology. From the above quote we can know that the factors that affect 

a player’s abilities are physical and mental factors which will also affect technical factors. 

Football is a sport that requires good cooperation and it requires players to master good basic 

individual techniques. The basic technique is the most important component in soccer (Alexander, Wright, 

Taplinger, & Fountain, 2020; Dawidowicz, Zysk, Figurska, Źróbek, & Kotnarowska, 2020). The basic 
technique of football according to Luxbacher (2011: 71), explains that: “all activities that underlie activities 

so with this capital one can play well or practice directed”. In football games there are 4 basic techniques, 

dribbling, passing, controlling, and shooting kicking the ball into the opponent’s goal, a player must be able 

to kick well and on the desired target(Bettega et al., 2018; Masrudi, Ardilla, & Wibowo, 2019). From the 

point of view of an attacker, the goal of football is to shoot at goal. 

Among the basic techniques above, the most important technique is kicking the ball (shooting). 

Kicking the ball can be done in a ball at rest, the ball is rolling or the ball is floating in the air. However, the 

main purpose of kicking the ball (shooting) is to put the ball into the opponent’s goal and to achieve that 

goal the ability to kick the goal is very instrumental (Ridwan, 2019). With the ability to kick into a good 
goal, a team will get a greater chance to score goals against the opponent and win. 

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Also plays an important role in achieving the achievements of team sports such as football. In 

shooting ability is also influenced by other factors, one of which is factors originating from within the 

individual. As stated by  (Effendi, 2016: 23) A player’s performance is influenced by various psychological 
factors, both positive in terms of appearance being good, and negative in terms of appearance being bad, 

this is a psychological factor which is often called a psychological factor”. Such as concentration, 

visualization and imagery abilities, behavior control (self-discipline) is believed to provide a positive role 

for players, football players in a training process to the point of a match. Concentration is a state in which a 

person’s consciousness is fixed on a particular object in a certain time (Komarudin, 2013: 138). In soccer, to 

achieve a good target kick, a player must concentrate his concentration on the ball to be kicked towards the 

goal (Anggraini, 2020; Utama, 2020). 

Of the many factors above, good concentration is a very important factor in shooting into the goal to 

get the victory in the match so as to achieve an expected achievement (Muttaqin, 2020). The fact is that in 

the field there are still many Soccer Schools whose achievements are not in line with expectations, 

especially the Batunag Taba Soccer School. However, despite continuous training and training the 

performance of the Batuang Taba Soccer School  is still low and not as expected.  

 

Method 

The research method used in this research is an associative quantitative method, with a quantitative 

descriptive approach and a path analysis technique model. Descriptive quantitative research according 

toYusuf (2013: 61) aims to provide an in-depth overview of current events, or actual and meaningful 

problems. The Path Analysis according to Riduwan (2012:115) aims to analyze the pattern of relationships 

between variables with the aim to determine the direct or indirect influence of a set of independent 

(exogenous) variables on the dependent variable (endogenous). The purpose of this study was to determine 

the effect of both direct and indirect concentration on the ability to shoot soccer. 

In this study, the population is all the Soccer School U-15 players Batuang Taba, amounting to 19 
people. To determine the sample in this study, the Proportionate Random Sampling technique. Sugiyono 

(2011:124) argues that the sampling technique if the population has members / elements that are not 

stratified. Then the samples got amounted to 17 people. 

 

Results and Discussion 

Based on the results of calculations that have been made, it can be seen for the average of the 

concentration test which is 23.24 with a standard deviation of 3.77. The minimum score for the 

concentration variable is 16 and the maximum score is 27. 

 

Table 1. Concentration Assessment Norms 

 

NO Interval Absolute Frequency 

(Fa) 

Relative Frequency  

(Fr %) 

Information 

1 21 an above 13 76.47 Very good 

2 16-20 4 23.53 good 

3 11-15 0 0 Moderate 

4 6-10 0 0 Less 

5 5 an Below 0 0 Very Less 

                   Total 17 100.0  

 

Table 1 shows that of the 17 players who scored with a value of 21 and above as many as 13 people 

(76.47%) with the Very Good category, who had a 16-20 score of 4 people (23.53%) with the Good 

category. The average score is 23.24, so there are 17 players who have scores above the average or equal to 

the average (100%) in the Very Good and Good categories. 

While the average for variable shooting capability is 9.88 with a standard deviation of 2.20. The 

minimum score of shooting ability variable is 7 and the maximum score is 14. 

 

 

 

 



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Table 2.Norms of Assessment Capabilities in Shooting Soccer 

 

NO Interval Absolute Frequency 

(Fa) 

Relative Frequency  

(Fr %) 

Information 

1 13 an above 2 11.76 Very Good 

2 11 – 12 5 29.41 good 

3 9 – 10 3 17.65 Moderate 

4 7 – 8 7 41.18 Less 

5 6 an below 0 0 Very less 

                Total 17 100.0  
 

Table 2 shows that of the 17 players who gained the ability to shoot soccer with a score of 13 and 

above 2 people (11.76%) with the Very Good category, who had 11-12 scores of 5 people (29.41%) with 

the Good category, those who have 9-10 scores are 3 people (17.65%) in the Medium category, and the 

players who have the ability to Shoot Soccer with a score of 7-8 are 7 people (41.18%) with the Less 

category. The average value of 9.88 then there are 10 players who have scores above the average or 

equal to the average (58.82%) with the category of Very good, good and moderate. 

 

Table 3. Correlation Test 

 

R Sig, Decision 

0.903 0.047 H0 rejected 

 

Based on table 3, the significance value = 0.047 is smaller than the probability value α = 0.05, the 
value of 0.047 <0.05, in this case Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected, which means the coefficient of analysis 

is significant. Thus, Concentration has a direct effect on the Shooting Ability of Batuang Taba Football 

School (SSB) Players. From the results of this determination it can be concluded that the magnitude of the 

effect of the Concentration on the Shooting Ability of the Batuang Taba Football School (SSB) Player is 

12.25%. While the remaining  87.75% is influenced by other factors. 
Concentration affects the ability to shoot because when a player is shooting requires a high 

concentration so that when the player is shooting at the goal is not affected by disturbances both from 

outside or inside the player (Nakano et al., 2020; Tan, Burns, Pan, & Kong, 2020), meaning that the player 

who has a high concentration will be easy for him to do the shooting as desired. This applies to the findings 

of the research results. Utomo (2016: 74-78) stated that the level of concentration of students contributed 

positively to the success of getting good shooting skills. Komarudin (2013: 138) xplains that “concentration 

is the ability to focus attention on tasks that are not interrupted and are fulfilled by external and 
internal stimuli”. 

Concentration is one part of the psychological component that d in sports, including football (Mulia, 

2019). here are several important things in sports psychology in improving the ability of players, 

concentration. In soccer, a soccer player will not score well without the support of good concentration, 

because we need concentration to focus the mind and attention of a football player in directing the ball to 

the desired target. If the player has good concentration, he will be able to aim the ball well at the goal. And, 

someone who has low concentration usually can not do a good kick and far from the target (Setiawan, 

2019). 

 

Conclusion 

Based on the results of the analysis and discussion above, it was concluded that Concentration had 

a direct and significant effect on the Shooting Ability of Batuang Taba Football School Players (SSB) by 

12.25%. 

 

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