Analysis of Facility Needs for Artistic Gymnastics to Optimize the Limited Space of School Arena

Abstract

Majority of sports organizations including gymnastics in Central Java Province are still using school arena which is quite small and not representative according to the rules of Federation Internationale de Gymnastics (FIG). Meanwhile, athletes must to train without any obstacles from external factors such us facilities. Study Purpose: To provide a solution which might be applied on the limited school area by doing field analysis and designing appropriate model, especially for uneven bars apparatus in gymnastics. This is a research and development, the protocols have been approved by research committee of Post Graduate Program, Universitas Negeri Semarang and Central Java Province Federation of Gymnastics (PERSANI). Materials in this research are school arena, the uneven bars. Observation and measurement were used to collect the data, then analyze by using a software Computer Aided Design. Data are showed as descriptive quantitative. To facilitates an uneven bars can be built either by using wood logs or fiber glass with adjustable poles (lower: 1.61-1.70 meters; upper:2.41-2.50 meters), and with properties of handrail such as tension: 13.64 Newton, displacement: 1.17 mm, strain: 4.428 m/m. Modified uneven bars has been designed to optimize training session in limited school area.