The Identification Of Sports Talent In Male Students Of Junior High School In Semarang City

-This research aimed at finding out; 1) To find out the branches of sports talent in male students of junior high school and 2) to find out the dominant sport branch in male students of junior high school in Semarang city. The method used in this research were if survey test and ‘One-Shot” model, which is an approach model that uses one-time data collection on, "one time". The sample was taken by random sampling technique. The variables of this research were the sports talent which possessed by students and the dominant sport branch in male students of junior high school in Semarang as an independent variable with the talent identification as dependent variable. The data collection methods were test and measurement. The data analysis method used the sport test search software. The result showed that the most dominant sport was diving Sport with 12.25%. Suggestions, the coaches in conducting sports coaching must be adjusted to the talent possessed by students, so they can achieve maximum performance.