Dakwatul Anisah. 2021. The effect of kids athletics on motor skills and biomotor abilities of elementary school students. Thesis, Sports education study program, Surabaya State University Postgraduate Program. Advisor I Dr. Amrozi Khamidi, M.Pd., advisor II Dr. Abdul Rachman Syam Tuasikal, M.Pd.
Keywords: kids athletics game, motor skills, biomotor abilities, elementary school students.
The prevalence rate of obesity in children in recent decades has increased sharply Obesity is a very serious health problem, especially for children. Childhood is a time for play. One of the games that can support motor skills is the kids athletics game. Kids athletics play can improve motor and bimotor skills of children.
This study aims to determine (1) the effect of kids athletics on motor skills and biomotor abilities of elementary school students, (2) the differences in the effects of kids athletics on motor skills and biomotor abilities of elementary school students.
This research useD a quantitative approach to the type of classroom action research. The research method uses experimental methods. The research design used randomized pre test post test only control group design. The independent variable in this study is the kids athletic game, and the dependent variable is motor ability and biomotor ability. The sample in this study amounted to 40 elementary school students who used purposive sampling technique. The data analysis used in this study for the effect test was the paired t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test. Furthermore, to test the difference in effect between the treatment and control groups carried out using the Independent t-test on the distribution of normal and homogeneous data with the alternative Mann Whitney test.
The results showed that the intervention given to the experimental group had a significant effect (p <0.05) with a change in the increase from pretest (before being given intervention) to posttest (after being given intervention). The opposite happened in the control group, the results of the analysis showed no significant effect (p> 0.05). The analysis showed that there were differences in the effect of all variables (motor and biomotor abilities) (p <0.05).