The Development Form of Flexibility Exercises for Gymnastics Nyak Amir, Saifuddin and Zahara
Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia
Abstract
The development form of training should be a solution in improving the performance of an athlete^s achievement. Especially, the development in gymnastics sports in Aceh Province has not given good performance. It can be influenced by many factors, one of them is the form of flexibility exercises. The form of flexibility exercises that have been carried out is still in the form of general flexibility exercises so far. Now, there is no specific form of flexibility exercises for gymnasticser. Therefore, it is necessary to develop forms of flexibility exercises that suitable with the characteristics of the gymnastics sport. The purpose of this study is to develop form of flexibility exercises for gymnasticser who have good validity and reliability, and it can be used to practice gymnastics flexibility. This research is classified as a type of development research with 30 gymnasticsers in Aceh as the subject. The data was collected through expert validation, trials and data analysis using validity and reliability test. The results of the study showed that the development of the form of flexibility exercises developed to gymnasticsers in Aceh had a good level of validity with validity score index between 0.520 to 0.971, and had a level of reliability with score index α between 0.390 to 0.799. As a result, the 30 forms of flexibility exercises that can be used to form flexibility exercises for gymnasticsers.
Keywords: the development, form of exercises, flexibility, gymnastics
