This study generally aims to improve the skills of volleyball under passing techniques
by applying the play method to students who take extracurricular activities at SMK
Negeri 1 Cilegon. This study uses an action research method with Kemmis and Taggart
designs. In this study, the role of researchers is as a key instrument, researching and
directly involved in the entire research process, starting from the activities of
observation, planning, to the reflection phase in each cycle. In addition, researchers act
as planners, observers, processors, and data analyzers. The research subjects in this
study were 36 students. The instruments used in this study were test and observation
instruments. The results of research on the technique of passing under the initial data
about 8% of students who achieve success. In the first cycle, the researchers applied the
play method to improve the skill of passing under volleyball with 27 students (75%)
achieving the success criteria. In cycle II there were 34 students (94.4%). So this
research was not continued because it had reached the success criteria of 80%. Thus it
can be concluded that the playing method can improve the skill of passing under
volleyball.
Keywords: playing, under passing skills, volleyball