Effectiveness of the Combination of Jumping and Throwing Games: “Catch the Ball” on the Development of Gross Motor Skills in Preschool Children

Abstract

The 2018 Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) results showed that the percentage of children with impaired gross motor development in Indonesia was 12.4% and that of fine motor development was 9.8%. The achievement of children's motor development in Central Java according to Riskesdas data in 2018, reached 98.4% [1]. Activities that can stimulate abilities are needed to improve gross motor skills, for example, by providing stimulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stimulation with a combination of jumping games and throwing catching balls on gross motor development in preschool children in kindergarten class A KBIT-TKIT As Salaam Mijen. This type of research is a Quasy-experiment with a one group pretest-posttest design. The population in this study were all children in the kindergarten A class of KBIT-TKIT As Salaam, Mijen District, Semarang City, totaling 65 people. Data collection was done by filling out the gross motor assessment observation sheet. Data analysis in this study used the Willcoxon test. The results showed that the average value of gross motor before being given a combination of jumping games and throwing the ball was 9.26 and after being given the average value was 9.68. From these results, it shows that there is an increase in the average value of 0.42. After the Willcoxon test, it can be concluded that there is an effect of a combination of jumping games and throwing catching the ball on gross motor skills with a p value = 0.000. For parents are expected to be able to better understand children's development, especially gross motor development and be able to provide stimulation to children so that there are no disruptions or delays in children's gross motor development.