Detraining is a decrease in the body`s physiological adaptation caused by stopping exercise done for a relatively long time so that it affects a person`s physical fitness performance. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic make a person change their lifestyle to be less active, thus affecting the body`s physiological capacity. This affects a person`s health status and performance when carrying out their daily activities. One of them is affecting the athlete`s performance on the agility of their body movements. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between detraining and the ability to agile body movements of Karate UKM athletes, State University of Malang. This research method uses correlational quantitative with causal design. The number of respondents in this study were 19 athletes of UKM Karate State University of Malang with certain criteria. The results of the study using the Spearman analysis technique with the help of the IBM SPSS 25.0 computer application obtained a p-value of 0,000, and the correlation coefficient value obtained was 0.876 which was interpreted with the strength of the relationship at a very strong level. Based on the results of the research that has been done, it can be concluded that the incidence of detraining has a significant relationship to the level of agility of the Karate UKM athletes, State University of Malang. This is due to the lack of physical activity during the Covid-19 pandemic, which affects the body`s physiological system, especially the strength and quality of muscle contraction, which ultimately affects the agility of the body.
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