Improving Learning Outcomes of Hanging Style Long Jump Through Playing Method for Junior High School Students in Blitar

The long jump is one of the race numbers in athletics. One of the styles for doing the long jump is the hanging style, which is the basic movement that students do when demonstrating the long jump, where in the floating phase it is done with a hanging attitude. The results of observations at SMP Negeri 1 Selorejo, Blitar Regency, showed that student learning outcomes were very low. This is because the hanging style long jump is quite difficult to move, so teachers must intensively teach students, both through appropriate methods and media. One way is to apply the playing method using modified media or tools, such as used motorcycle tires and cardboard for jumping media. This study aims to determine the improvement of learning outcomes in the hanging style long jump through the play method for class VII C students at SMP Negeri 1 Selorejo, Blitar Regency. This research method is Classroom Action Research (CAR) which consists of two cycles with the provision of repeated actions in each cycle through the stages of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The results of this study indicate that the percentage of grade VII C students at SMP Negeri 1 Selorejo, Blitar Regency who completed (final score of the hanging style long jump test KKM 80) in cycle 1 was 68% with an average test score of 80. However, the percentage of students' learning mastery increased. to 88% in cycle 2 with the average test score increased to 87.1. This shows that the percentage of students in grade VII C of SMP Negeri 1 Selorejo, Blitar Regency who have completed, is increasing after students are given an action in the form of learning the hanging style long jump through the play method for two cycles.