In learning that uses the discovery learning learning model, students are given the opportunity to participate actively in building the knowledge they will acquire. The discovery learning learning model provides opportunities for students to participate actively in building the knowledge they will acquire in learning to dribble basketball. Student activity directs learning to a learning process that is student-centered, active, fun, and allows information to occur between students, between students and teachers, and between students and the environment. The aims of this study were 1) to find out whether there was an effect of the discovery learning model on basketball dribbling motion skills at class VIII SMP Negeri 1 Kembangbahu. 2) To find out how much influence the discovery learning model has on the basketball dribbling motion skills at SMP Negeri 1 Kembangbahu class VIII. Based on the results of the research that the researchers have done, it can be concluded that there is an effect of using the discovery learning learning model on the basketball dribbling skills at SMP Negeri 1 Kembangbahu Class VIII. This is evidenced by the t count obtained at 3.694. As for the t table with 30 respondents and a significance level of 0.05 is 1.697. From these data it shows that the t count is greater than the t table.

Keywords: discovery learning learning model, results of learning basketball dribbling motion.