Development of physical fitness tests for early childhood 4–6 years

Abstract

Study Purpose. The importance of physical ficitness for every early childhood has because it has beneficits and inficluences on full development. However, existing physical ficitness instruments such as the Indonesian physical ficitness test (TKJI) only focus on ages 6–19 years. This study aims to develop a test instrument and physical ficitness norms for early childhood 4-6 years that are valid and reliable. Material and Methods. The research used was Research and Development (R&D) with the Borg & Gall Development Model. This research was conducted in several steps, namely: (1) needs analysis (2) product planning, (3) developing the initial product, (4) expert validation, (5) product revision, (6) small group trials, (7) product revisions, (8) large group trials, (9) ficinal product revisions and continued with product effectiveness testing with experiments, (10) ficinal product results. Respondents for the small-scale product trial were 40 students from 4 kindergartens and for the large-scale trial 137 students from 12 kindergartens in the city of Cirebon. Result. The results of this study show the development of a physical ficitness instrument model for early childhood 4-6 years, with a physical ficitness test battery that has been validated by experts, including; 1) Speed Test (time), 2) Agility Test (time), 3) Explosive Power Test (cm), 4) Muscle Strength Test (time), 5) Cardiovascular Test (time). The results of this study also prove the development of test instruments and norms of physical ficitness for early childhood 4–6 years. It can be seen that the overall value of r count for each test item is greater than r table 0.159, so each test item is declared valid and the reliability value is 0.942, so it is declared reliable. Conclusion. Based on the results of research and development of physical ficitness test instruments for early childhood 4–6 years, it is stated that they are valid and effective and can be used for physical ficitness tests for early childhood 4–6 years.