Game-Based Exercise Model for Elementary School Students’ Physical Fitness

BACKGROUND: Nowadays, many children have low physical fitness due to lack of movement or degenerative diseases. Various games should be designed to create a higher spirit for children to have physical activities as well as practice. The design of the planned game model is that each game will be able to increase the elements of students’ physical fitness so that students will practice as well as play. The purpose of this study was to develop a game-based exercise model that is appropriate for elementary school student to improve physical fitness. METHODS: This research was research and development. This research was conducted to develop a game model to improve physical fitness. The development procedure was modified according to the conditions which include: preliminary study, needs analysis, initial product design, validity, revision, trial, reliability, valid and reliable exercise model. RESULTS: Expert validation test obtained a score of 83.33% and was categorized as feasible for use. The reliability test through field trials, related to the game-based exercise model to improve the physical fitness of elementary school students that was developed, obtained a score of 0.91 and was included in the high category. CONCLUSIONS: The developed model was valid and reliable to be used to improve the physical fitness of elementary school students.