This study aims to analyze the improvement in flexibility among students at SMP Negeri 3 Gambut after participating in flexibility training using sticks. The study employed a quantitative approach using an experimentalmethodandaone-grouppretest-posttestdesign.Thestudypopulationconsistedofall226 students at SMP Negeri 3 Gambut. The sample comprised 25 eighth-grade students selected through purposive sampling. The data collection instrument used the V-Sit and Reach Test to measure flexibility before and after the intervention. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, the Shapiro-Wilk normalitytest,andtheWilcoxonSigned-RankTest.Theresultsofthestudyshowedthatthemeanscore of 16.84 cm increased to 30.28 cm in the posttest, with a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05. These results indicate that body-shaping exercises using a stick had a significant effect on improving the flexibility of the pupils.

 Keywords:Flexibility;students;bodyconditioningexercises;stick;V-SitandReach