Judging Social Behavior and Level of Intelligence Changes as a Result of Team Sport Training

摘要

This study aimed to investigate whether athletes in team sports (football) who have been training for a long time, had social behavior changes. In this research, a behavioral shift is the most important factor, because family, school, and sports club are expected to foster children's social behavior. This study also takes into account intelligence factor, because an extensive training program could improve children's level of intelligence, the Research method used in this research is a descriptive method, the Population used is football athletes from SME-UPI, who formed PS.UPI team in preparation for 2016 SSL championship (super soccer league) which account for 20 people in total, the Sample used the entire population, i.e. 20 people, employing the approach of total samples. Instruments used to gather data in the field consist of, a. social behavior questionnaire, b. football tactical test, and c. IQ tests (carried out by an authorized person, psychologist). The results of this study indicate that a. Social behavior of athletes in team sports who had an extensive amount of practice showed a significant correlation with the technical skills to play football, and b. The intelligence level of athletes in team sports who had an extensive amount of practice showed a significant correlation with the technical skills to play soccer. The recommendations proposed in this study is that social attitudes are formed through training, is also heavily dependent on the level of social behavior and intelligence, therefore it's advised that talent screening (talent scouting) on sports team should also measure social behavior and level of intelligence of the prospective athletes.