Identification of Training Activities and Body Porportions of Athlete Students in Sports Schools

Abstract

Student-athletes have tremendous potential to be developed into elite athletes. Special sports schools provide opportunities for student-athletes to develop their potential more optimally. The implementation of boarding schools in sports-specific schools provides adequate facilities for student-athletes to focus on careers in sports and education. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about how the physical activity and body proportions of student-athletes undergo programs in special sports schools. For this reason, the purpose of this study was to describe the condition of physical activity and body proportions of studentathletes in special sports schools. This research is included in the descriptive type. A total of 66 student-athletes (29 boys and 27 girls) were involved in the study. The research instrument uses a physical activity questionnaire that measures physical activity according to the FITT principle and reports height and weight. Body composition was determined using BMI. Data analysis used descriptive, t-test, and ANOVA. The results showed that 6.1% of student-athletes felt that their exercise frequency was insufficient, 84.8% felt it was appropriate, and 9.1% felt it was too much. As many as 50% of student-athletes feel the intensity of their exercise is moderate, and 50% feel heavy. As many as 80.3% of student-athletes felt that the duration of their training was sufficient, and 19.7% felt that it was long. As many as 84.8% of student-athletes felt that the training they got was sufficient and 15.2% found it difficult. BMI shows that as many as 24.2% of student athletes are thin, 56.1% are normal, and 19.7% are obese. Evidently, the variable frequency of exercise affects BMI (F = 5.1, p = 0.009), BMI and exercise activity correlated (r = 0.34, p = 0.005) non-linearly (F = 9.149, p = 0.004).