Identification of Sports Talent and Socioeconomic Status of Higher Class Students of State Primary School 1 Kuala Batee, Indonesia

Abstract

Identifying sports talent is a search for outstanding athlete seeds that can be done early. Talent is innate and needs to be known early so that the direction of distribution is right on target. The socioeconomic status of parents provides greater opportunities for obtaining the needs of the child's growth and development process so that children have the potential to develop optimally. Socioeconomic status describes a person's level, social status, standard of living, or condition seen from an economic perspective. This study aims to identify parents' talents and socioeconomic status in high-class students of State Elementary School 1 Kuala Batee, Southwest Aceh Regency. This study uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive type of research. The research population is 60 students of the high class of State Elementary School 1 Kuala Batee, and the sampling technique used is total sampling, or the entire population is sampled. Data collection was carried out using a talent identification test using a sports talent calculator consisting of measurements of height, weight, sitting height, arm span, tennis ball throw, basketball throw, agility run, upright jump, 40-meter run, and multi-stage run (MFT).Furthermore, data on parents' socioeconomic status was obtained through the distribution of questionnaires/questionnaires regarding the socioeconomic condition of parents. The study results were obtained: 28 students, or 47%, did not have sports talent, and 32 students or 53%, had sports talent in athletics, pétanque and weightlifting. The talent in the most dominant athletic branch is as many as 20 students or 62.5%, while in second place, namely the pétanque sports branch, as many as 10 students or 31.3%, weightlifting is in third place with two students or 6.2%. Parents' education, for both fathers and mothers, is on average the same as high school graduation, so it impacts work; namely, the average father is a farmer, and the mother does not work or is a housewife. Likewise, related to the average income/income ranging from 500-1,500 rupiah per month without additional income and directly related to property ownership, it can be concluded that the socioeconomic status of the student's parents is very low.