PROFIL KEBUGARAN FISIK PELAJAR SLTA DI KABUPATEN KULON PROGO DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to describe the profile of the physical fitness of Senior High School students in Kulonprogo Regency, Yogyakarta Special Territory. The results of the study are expected to serve as inputs for physical education teachers in the learning assessment. The results can also be used by educational policy makers in the curriculum development to take into account of students’ needs. For students, the results can be used in the reflection to improve their physical fitness and things to consider in their active life. This study was a survey study employing a test. The research population consisted of male and female students of Senior High Schools in Kulonprogo Regency, Yogyakarta Special Territory. The sample comprised 410 students from private and public Senior High Schools, consisting of 235 male students and 175 female students. The sample was selected using the multistage random sampling technique. The research variable was the profile of the physical fitness, which was collected using the Copper test by asking the students to run around the field for the 2.4 km. The data were analyzed by the descriptive technique employing the percentage. The study concludes that the students’ physical fitness is in the category of lack of physical fitness, occupied by 232 students (56.6%). The following suggestions are proposed. First, further studies should involve other variables, not only the physical fitness, such as the profile of the health, including the variables on the body fat, level of glucose, tension and heartbeat. Second, further studies should use other instruments, such as the Multistage Fitness Test or the test of stepping up and down the bench as a comparison. Keywords: physical fitness, Cooper Test