Implementation of soccer game modification on gross motor skills of mentally disabled children

Abstract

The purpose of this study is that by modifying the game of football it can help with basic movement problems experienced by mentally retarded children. This research is experimental with a one group pretest-posttest research design. The population in this study were mentally retarded students from SLB-C Cendrawasih Makassar. The number of samples used in this study amounted to 10 people. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling or determination with certain criteria, namely as follows: 1. is male, 2. has the ability to run. The instrument in this study used a basic movement ability test (Barrow Motor Ability Test), one of the tests used was Zig-Zag running. The results of the basic motor skills test were known in the gross motor skills pretest group with an average value (mean) = 13.20 and a standard deviation= 6.86 with a significance value of 0.000 and a gross motor skills posttest group with an average value (mean)= 11.21 and a standard deviation= 6.93 with a significance value of 0.001 where the value of p