Circuit Game-Based Traditional Sports Therapy: Can It Improve the Physical Fitness of Elementary School Students?

Playing games can also help primary school pupils become more physically healthy. Conventional games are owned by a collective group and maintain their traditions and customs throughout generations. Furthermore, circuit play is an educational strategy tailored to children's needs through conventional play, with five posts created using a game model. Finding out how Madrasah Ibtidayah Muhammadiyah Wonorejo students in Indonesia select their physical fitness components in response to traditional sports treatment based on circuit games was the main objective of this study. This study used a quantitative approach using a pretest-posttest control group experimental design. For the study, fifty pupils between the ages of ten and twelve were selected at random. There were twenty-five students in the experimental group and twenty-five in the control group. The control group did not get circuit game-based exercise therapy, whereas the experimental group did. The three components of traditional exercise treatment with circuit games consist of forty-minute weekly sessions. Over twelve weeks, tests, including dangling bent elbows, 600-meter sprints, vertical jumps, and 30-second sits, were given. The data for the study were analyzed using SPSS Version 26. The investigation employed an independent, paired sample difference test with a significance value of 0.05. This exam is conducted twice, once before and once after. Traditional sports therapy with circuit games improved physical fitness for twelve weeks. These results could help PE teachers create traditional exercise therapy that allows students to become healthier using circuit games. The study suggests that students in elementary school may be healthier with traditional sports therapy that uses circuit games. Since the study involved only male respondents, care must be considered. A more significant sample number should be used for research, and more research should be done on students' physical health, social environment, and other elements.