International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences 9(6): 1262-1271, 2021 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/saj.2021.090621 Knowledge, Competence of Indonesian Climbing Sports Athletes in the Prevention and Management of Injuries Yustinus Sukarmin 1 , Ilham 1,* , Hakim Irwandi Marpaung 2 , Ruri Famelia 3 , Anton Komaini 4 , Galih Dwi Pradipta 5 1 Faculty of Sport Science, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2 Department of Sport Science, Sekolah Tinggi Olahraga dan Kesehatan Bina Guna, Medan, Indonesia 3 Department of Human Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA 4 Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia 5 Faculty of Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia Received July 9, 2021; Revised September 6, 2021; Accepted October 17, 2021 Cite This Paper in the following Citation Styles (a): [1] Yustinus Sukarmin, Ilham, Hakim Irwandi Marpaung, Ruri Famelia, Anton Komaini, Galih Dwi Pradipta , "Knowledge, Competence of Indonesian Climbing Sports Athletes in the Prevention and Management of Injuries," International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 1262 - 1271, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2021.090621. (b): Yustinus Sukarmin, Ilham, Hakim Irwandi Marpaung, Ruri Famelia, Anton Komaini, Galih Dwi Pradipta (2021). Knowledge, Competence of Indonesian Climbing Sports Athletes in the Prevention and Management of Injuries. International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 9(6), 1262 - 1271. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2021.090621. Copyright©2021 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Despite the growing pace of climbing sports in Indonesia, the level of injury prevention and management could be among extraneous factors that may impede the athlete's achievement in such game. As a lack of adherence to preventive strategies is problematic in injury avoidance, the main purpose of the study is to determine/find out whether there is a significant relationship between variances-variables and variable-indicators along with disclose the level of knowledge, resources, and the ability in injury prevention and management among athletes. The nature of the research is descriptive with the mixed method where its approach was tested using structural equation modeling involving 76 athletes from all Indonesian provinces. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, Version 23) and Partial Least Square Structure Equation Modelling. Results showed that information about their level of knowledge and competence towards prevention and management of injuries was still needed for improvement based on the values of data harvested and analyzed. There should be a significant correlation among research variable and indicators. However, not all data justified such relationship, where for some P-calculated was greater than 0.05 as the conventional scale. It is recommended that a certain program be designed and implemented that may nurture the improvement of athletes’ skills and knowledge by giving them service training for the same purpose. Keywords Knowledge, Competence, Climbing, Injury Prevention, Injury Management 1. Introduction In recent decades and hereupon, extreme physical sport-related pursuits such as climbing not only have emerged as recreational activities but also have evolved into competition mainstream sporting disciplines [1] [2]. Leisure activity, competition environments, and practices have also been developing globally as the growing sport climbing practice since the onset of the world championships held in Germany in 1991. To date, the sport of climbing is among the disciplines included in the 2020 Olympic games official program in Tokyo. Despite the growing pace of this sport, the systematic and intensified training of athletes in such games, however, without basics and correct knowledge and competence for prevention and management of sports injuries techniques,