TINGKAT PEMAHAMAN FAKTOR DAN JENIS CEDERA OLAHRAGA ATLET MUAYTHAI PADA KLUB KNOCKOUT SURABAYA

Abstract Sports injuries are injuries that occur during sports. It can result from accidents, practicing poor exercise techniques, inadequate equipment, and overuse of parts of the body. Muaythai is a martial arts sport with a high risk of injury because the game's techniques is to fight with opponents in one ring. This study aims to determine the level of understanding of Muaythai athletes at the Surabaya Knockout club regarding the factors that cause injuries and the types of injuries that often occur in Muaythai sports. The research in this article is a quantitative descriptive study. The population in this study were adult athletes in the Muaythai sport at the Surabaya Knockout club. In this study, the total sample/census was 17 adult Muaythai athletes at the Surabaya Knockout club. The data collection technique used in this study is a questionnaire (questionnaire) distributed via Google Forms. The results of this study indicate that the average score on the injury-causing factor is 30.8 which the score is in a good category and the athlete's level of understanding of the types of injuries obtained an average score of 43.8 which the score is also included. in the excellent category. It can be concluded that the level of understanding of Muaythai athletes at the Surabaya Knockout club regarding injury factors and types of sports injuries is in a good category. Keywords: injury factor, type of injury, muaytha