Authors:
Claudia Megawati Suyanto
and
Suharjana
Affiliation:
Yogyakarta State University, Colombo Street, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Department of Sport Science, Graduate School
Keyword(s):
Holding Ball Game, Backstroke Swimming, Streamlined Position
Abstract:
Swimming is one of extracurricular activities offered by Kentungan Public Elementary School. On the implementation of this extracurricular activity, some participants are only able to master few of swimming styles. It means that they need to learn more styles. Under the reason that they are still elementary school students, playing game on the water is needed to make them learn the styles including backstroke swimming style easily. One of the games which can be used is holding ball game. This research aimed to improve the backstroke swimming body position (streamlined position) of the extracurricular participants which include the members of class II, III, IV at Kentungan Public Elementary School through holding ball game. The type of this research is quasi-experimental. The instrument of this research is in the form of observation sheets showing the successful indicators of backstroke swimming. The subjects of this research are the representative students of grade II, III, IV who jo
in swimming club at Kentungan Public Elementary School Yogyakarta. They consisted of 15 students; 11 male students and 4 female students. The data were collected and then analyzed using hypothesis testing with t-test analysis (paired sample t-test). The data result in the score of t count (13,315) > t table (2,132), and score p (0,000) < from 0,05. These show that the score t count is bigger than t table, and can be concluded that there is a significant effect of holding ball game on backstroke swimming body position of those extracurricular participants.
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