Physical and physiological profile of junior high students in Indonesia

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Nining W. Kusnanik, Nang Hartati

2017 Sport Science Vol. 10 Issue 1 Article Cited by 3

Abstract

The main purpose of the research was to evaluate physical and physiological of junior high school students in Indonesia. Five hundred and twenty students in West Java participated(240 girls and 280 boys) in the research. Data was collected by measuring physical including standing height, sitting height, body mass, and spam arm; and testing of physiological for an aerobic including sprint 40m, shuttle run, vertical jump, basketball throw, and for aerobic including multistage fitness test. Data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The results showed that mean of standing height was 151,29±6,55 cm (girls) and 156,31±9,86 cm (boys), sitting height was 79,58±5,10 cm (girls) and 81,81±5,14 cm (boys), body mass was 43,48±8,29 kg (girls) and 44,51±10,26 kg (boys), spam arm was 153,12±7,28 cm (girls) and 159,67±11,09 cm (boys) for physical measurement. Mean of sprint 40m was 8,14±0,95 seconds (girls) and 7,27±4,97 seconds (boys), shuttle run was 23,78±2,06 seconds (girls) and 21,12±2,26 seconds (boys), vertical jump was 31,49±9,12 cm (girls) and 39,79±10,82 cm (boys), basketball throw was 3,32±0,64 m (girls) and 4,07±0,86 m (boys), and multistage fitness test was 34,26±2,21 ml/kg/min (girls) and 42,12±4,31 ml/kg/min (boys) for physiological testing. The conclusion was that Junior High School in West Java Indonesia needs to be improved for their physiological performance. © 2017, Univerzitet u Travniku. All rights reserved.

Affiliations

Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Department of Sport Coaching, Faculty of Sport Science, Indonesia; Universitas Sriwijaya, Department of Physical Education and Health, Palembang, Indonesia