Summary: | This study aimed to evaluate the performance improvement of the sepak takraw athletes training program for Student Sports Education and Training Center West Sumatera using the CIPPO approach (context, input, process, product, outcome). Research on the evaluation of training programs in the sport of sepak takraw is still challenging, so it needs to be done. This study aimed to evaluate the sepak takraw training program in West Sumatra. This study employed a mixed method research. Data was collected through observation, questionnaires, documents, FGD (focus group discussion), inventory checklists, and interviews. Respondents in this study consisted of sepak takraw coaches, sepak takraw athletes, the national sports committee of Indonesia in West Sumatra, the West Sumatra Provincial Government, the Chair and Lecturer of the Faculty of Sport Science, and West Sumatra Student Sports Education and Training Center staff. The evaluation results using a context, input, process, and product approach were analyzed with items and outlined in a narrative that was clarified by presenting tables, graphs, or diagrams. At the same time, the outcome variables were only narrated. The results of the research findings were (1) Context evaluation: already quite practical; (2) Input evaluation: not yet effective enough; (3) Process evaluation: not yet effective; (4) Product evaluation: already quite effective; and (5) Outcome evaluation: already quite effective. Based on the evaluation and effectiveness of the training program, the programs that should be the main priority of West Sumatra Student Sports Education and Training Center was to improve the performance of Sepak takraw athletes and improve supporting facilities and infrastructure, evaluating the process of screening athletes and coaches, evaluating the implementation of training programs, and improving athletes' health services and nutritional needs. © JPES.
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