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The Efforts to Improve Game Performance through Equipment’s
Modification Implementation in the Small-Ball Games
Andari Dewi Purnama, Andi Suntoda and Mudjihartono Mudjihartono
Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendiidkan Indonesia, Jln. Dr. Setiabudhi No.229, Bandung, Indonesia
andaridewi.purnama@gmail.com
Keywords: Improving Game Performance, Equipment’s Modification, Small-Ball Games Equipments.
Abstract: This research background is the low aspect of game performance in students’ softball game, the equipments
used seem difficult, because they don’t fit to the characteristics of Burujul Kulon 1 Elementary State School
Jatiwangi, Majalengka district students. The aim of this research is to improve the game performance in small-
ball games. The method used in this research is Class Action Research (CAR) with Games Performance
Assessment Instruments (GPAI) used for the instrument, the subject of the research is 20 fifth-grade students,
consists of 10 boys and 10 girl. This research is conducted at Burujul Kulon 1 Elementary State School
Jatiwangi, Majalengka district. The research data are collected by using game performance assessment
observation sheet, field notes, and research documentation. This research results show that the equipment’s
modification implementation in small-ball games is able to give positive benefit to teaching and learning
process for the students by the improvement from the cycle I until cycle II. The processed and analyzed data
shows that the implementation of the equipment’s modification can improve the fifth-grade students of
Burujul Kulon 1 Elementary School Jatiwangi, Majalengka district game performance in small-ball games
study.
1 INTRODUCTION
Modifying studying equipments can improve the
students’ performance in physical education
(McBrearty, 1998). This is where the role of physical
education teacher in giving a fun learning is essential
(Bailey et al., 2009). One of them is by modifying
studying equipments so the students are able to
understand the softball game in physical education
(Mitchell et al., 2000). To know the study results in
the softball game, it can be seen from the teachers’
field notes or from the direct observation in the
researched field or school (Sarwono, 2006).
According to the obsevation result of the fiffth-
grade students of Burujul Kulon 1 Elementary State
School Majalengka as research subject related to the
efforts to improve the game performance of Burujul
Elementary State School Majalengka students that
consists of class 1-6. Physical education, sport and
health subjects are already given starting from first
grade until sixth grade. The purpose of physical
education is to give the chance for the students to
study various activities that nurture and develop
student’s potential physucally, socially, emotionally
and morally (Rink, 1993).
2 METHODS
The method used in this research is Class Action
Research (CAR) that’s a practical research intended
to improve class study (Hopkins et al., 2002). This
research is one of the teachers or pratictioners’ efforts
in various activities form to improve or increase
studying quality in the class.
2.1 Research Subject
The research subject in this CAR is the fifth-grade
students of Burujul Kulon 1 Elementary State School
Majalengka, with 20 amount of students that consist
of 10 boys and 10 girls. The students at this school
come from various family background, their parents
also have various professions such as traders,
employees, teachers, etc.
2.2 Research Instrument
The instrument or equipment used to collect the data
in this research is Game Performance Assessment
Instrument (GPAI) (Oslin et al., 1998) used to
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Purnama, A., Suntoda, A. and Mudjihartono, M.
The Efforts to Improve Game Performance through Equipment’s Modification Implementation in the Small-Ball Games.
In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sports Science, Health and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2017) - Volume 2, pages 342-345
ISBN: 978-989-758-317-9
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