Efforts to Increase Sports Activities and Character Utilize Traditional Sports in Karangjati Child Friendly Village

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to increase sports activities and re-socialize traditional games to children in the Karangjati Child Friendly Village as character building in children. The research method used is observation with anecdotal records. Participants who took part in the mini research totaled 150 children consisting of boys and girls. This research already has permission from the Committee for Folk Games and Traditional Sports of Semarang Regency to organize traditional sports activities. In actual implementation there are 5 types of traditional games including shoveling, bakiak, stilts, sreng, and running blocks, all participants are divided into 3 groups A, B, and C and then try them sequentially. Of the 5 traditional sports, each has its own character value and is given a positive understanding of each traditional game. Hopefully, further research can be carried out with a larger capacity, so as to spread the traditional game more broadly.