The impact of talent detection on increasing the number of children participating in sports

Authors

  • Risky Syahputra No
  • Fx Sugiyanto Sugiyanto Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
  • Tomoliyus Tomoliyus Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
  • Syahrial Bakhtiar Universitas Negeri Padang
  • Yovhandra Ockta Universitas Negeri Padang https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6381-3477
  • Lucy Pratama Putri Universitas Negeri Padang
  • Heru Afrian Universitas Negeri Padang
  • Jeprinaldi Jeprinaldi Universitas Negeri Padang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v62.111266

Keywords:

talent detection, sport participation, children

Abstract

Sports talent detection is an attempt to find children who have the potential to become athletes but are not currently involved in sports through a series of tests. The aim of this research is to determine the characteristics of the distribution of children's sports talents in Payakumbuh City, West Sumatra Province. From this research, information was obtained on the anthropometric profile, physical abilities and movement coordination of each child. Apart from that, it was found that there were differences in the movement coordination abilities of children who had not and had participated in sports (training in clubs) after sports talent detection was carried out. This research involved 750 children (486 boys, 264 girls) aged 7-12 years in Payakumbuh City, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The talent detection instrument used in this research is the Sekora TID which was adopted from the SportKompas test battery. To see the impact of implementing talent detection, researchers conducted a survey using a Google form which was distributed to all test participants. Surveys were conducted to monitor children who had participated in sports as confirmed by teachers and parents. The results of the study provide information that there is no significant difference in the anthropometry of men and women (p>0.05), but a significant difference is seen in age (p<0.05). Significant differences were also found in motor coordination elements based on age and gender (p<0.05). Physical performance elements also show significant differences in age and gender (p<0.05). The results of this research will be used as a first step in implementing a sports talent identification system as part of LTAD.

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Syahputra, R., Sugiyanto, F. S., Tomoliyus, T., Bakhtiar, S., Ockta, Y., Putri, L. P., Afrian, H., & Jeprinaldi, J. (2025). The impact of talent detection on increasing the number of children participating in sports. Retos, 62, 1126–1136. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v62.111266

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