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This study aims to determine the effect of water games on the gross motor improvement of deaf children.This type of research is an experiment with the design of one group pre-test and post-test.The population in this study was 24 children of SLB N Mesuji Lampung.The sample in this study was 10 people taken using purposive sampling techniques.The instruments used are to measure gross motor using (1) a test of walking on a straight line for 5 meters, (2) a running test avoiding five obstacles for 15 meters, (3) a test of standing on one foot for 10 seconds, (4) a test of jumping from the top of a beam 15 cm high, (5) a test of jumping from a beam 15 cm high.The data analysis technique used is the paired sample t-test.The results showed that there was a significant influence of the water game model on the gross motor improvement of deaf children from the initial test and the final test, an increase with a difference of 2.2, namely from an average score of 9.1 in the pre-test to 11.3 in the post-test, and strengthened by the results of the t-test using a paired sample t-test with a t value of -2.516 and a p significance value of 0.033 < 0.05.This study concludes that there is a significant influence of water games on the gross motor improvement of deaf children of SLBN Mesuji Lampung.