Improving Students’ Soccer Passing Skills Through Varied Scientific Approach-Based Learning

Abstract

This study aims to determine how to improve soccer passing learning outcomes through a scientific approach utilizing varied learning activities among Grade VIII students at SMP Swasta Karya Bakti during the 2025/2026 academic year. The research was conducted in August 2026. The subjects of this study were 32 students from class VIII-2 (17 males and 15 females), who were subjected to an intervention involving the scientific approach combined with varied learning activities. The method employed in this study was Classroom Action Research.

Regarding student learning outcomes in Cycle I, the initial assessment revealed that students' baseline ability to execute passing techniques was low. Out of the 32 students, 21 (65.62%) achieved mastery, while 11 (34.37%) did not. The average learning outcome score was 75.51; while this score met the individual Minimum Mastery Criteria (KKM), the class had not yet achieved collective (classical) mastery. In contrast, results from Cycle II showed an improvement in the students' performance during the assessment; 28 students (87.5%) achieved mastery, while the remaining 4 students (12.5%) did not. The average score reached 80.46.

Based on this, the data analysis indicates that employing a scientific approach combined with varied instructional methods can improve the passing skills of Grade VIII students at Karya Bakti Private Junior High School during the 2025/2026 academic year.