2023, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Part A

The purpose of this study is that by modifying the game of football it can help with basic movement problems experienced by mentally retarded children. This research is experimental with a one group pretest-posttest research design. The population in this study were mentally retarded students from SLB-C Cendrawasih Makassar. The number of samples used in this study amounted to 10 people. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling or determination with certain criteria, namely as follows: 1. is male, 2. has the ability to run. The instrument in this study used a basic movement ability test (Barrow Motor Ability Test), one of the tests used was Zig-Zag running. The results of the basic motor skills test were known in the gross motor skills pretest group with an average value (mean) = 13.20 and a standard deviation= 6.86 with a significance value of 0.000 and a gross motor skills posttest group with an average value (mean)= 11.21 and a standard deviation= 6.93 with a significance value of 0.001 where the value of p<0.05 which means that there is a significant effect of modifying the game of football on the gross motor skills of mentally retarded children at SLB-C Cendrawasih Makassar.