Year: 2026 | Month: April | Volume: 13 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 448-454
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20260446
The Effect of Fortress Games on Improving Physical Fitness of Fourth Grade Students at Annisa Bilingual Islamic Elementary School Semarang
M. Irsyad Luthfi1, Agus Wiyanto2, Yulia Ratimiasih3
1Student of the Physical Education, Health and Recreation Study Program, 2,3Lecturer of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation,
PGRI University of Semarang, Indonesia.
Corresponding Author: M. Irsyad Luthfi
ABSTRACT
This study aims to analyze the effect of the traditional game Bentengan on the level of physical fitness of elementary school students. The background of this study departs from the phenomenon of decreasing children's physical activity due to the development of digital technology, which causes reduced interaction with traditional games. The method used is an experiment with a one-group pretest–posttest design. The research subjects consisted of a population of 44 sixth-grade students of Annisa Bilingual Islamic Elementary School, Semarang. The research instrument used a test with an existing instrument, namely the Indonesian Physical Fitness Test (TKJI) for ages 10-12 years. Data were analyzed using a paired sample t-test with a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that before playing Bentengan, 38 students (86.4%) were in the poor category and 6 students (13.6%) were in the very poor category. After playing Bentengan, there was a change where 42 students (95.5%) were in the moderate category and 2 students (4.5%) were in the good category. The results of the statistical test showed a significance value of 0.000, which is smaller than 0.05, indicating that there is an effect of the Bentengan game on students' physical fitness. This finding confirms that the traditional Bentengan game is effective in improving most aspects of elementary school students' physical fitness and is relevant to be implemented as a culture-based and fun physical education learning strategy.
Keywords: Fort Games, Physical Fitness
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