International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences 9(3): 583-589, 2021 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/saj.2021.090326 The Effect of Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention Program on Kindergarten Students Nuridin Widya Pranoto 1,* , Amung Ma'mun 2 , Mulyana Mulyana 2 , Nurlan Kusmaedi 2 1 Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia 2 Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia Received March 12, 2021; Revised April 6, 2021; Accepted May 23, 2021 Cite This Paper in the following Citation Styles (a): [1] Nuridin Widya Pranoto, Amung Ma'mun, Mulyana Mulyana, Nurlan Kusmaedi , "The Effect of Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention Program on Kindergarten Students," International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 583 - 589, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2021.090326. (b): Nuridin Widya Pranoto, Amung Ma'mun, Mulyana Mulyana, Nurlan Kusmaedi (2021). The Effect of Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention Program on Kindergarten Students. International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 9(3), 583 - 589. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2021.090326. Copyright©2021 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Background: The ability of motor skills becomes the basis for children to master movement skills. There are still many students whose motor skills are below average. Objective: The aim is to compare the fundamental motor skills (FMS) regular program with the intervention FMS program conducted in 12 meetings within 6 weeks in schools. Methods: 80 kindergarten students were sampled and split into two equal groups where 40 students were placed in the control group to receive regular training and the rest 40 students in the intervention group. The test of gross motor development-2 (TGMD-2) was employed while measuring the motor skills through pre-test and post-test approach. Results: There was an increase in motor skills in both learning groups. After testing with the Mann-Whitney test, obtained with the mean range of 21.44 in the regular FMS program which was found lower comparing to the other one of the FMS in the intervention program of 59.56, Sig. equal to 0.000 <0.05, meaning that this discrepancy was statistically significant at p-value = 0.05. These latter findings imply that motor skills were highly increased in the intervention group rather than in those who followed the regular FMS program. Conclusion: The FMS learning through intervention programs is better at improving students' motor skills. Schools can use FMS interventions to improve motor skills, provided that the teacher understands the implementation of the program, implements the program according to the guidelines, students follow the entire learning process. Keywords Fundamental Motor Skills, Intervention FMS Program, Kindergarten Students 1. Introduction Motor skills are a combination of the basic movement patterns of two or more body segments [1], [2]. They are normally divided into 3 categories; such as (1) locomotor, namely the ability to move the body through space, (2) ball skills, broadly understood as the ability to push or manipulate objects in space, and (3) stability skills, the ability to maintain postural control [3]. Motor skills are important for children because they can improve children's physical, social, and cognitive development, as well as emotional feeling [4]. The extensive literature reveals that children with motor skills are more active and more likely to be involved in physical activity than children with low motor skills [4] [5]. Children who do not master motor skills can experience long-term difficulties in carrying out physical activities in the future [6], [5], [7]. Low motor skills in children cause the child's inability to balance/control movement skills and low self-confidence in physical activities. The age of human development of motor skills ranges from 3 to 6 years [8], [9]. The preschool years are identified as a critical time to develop fundamental motor skills (FMS) [10], where children's movement patterns are not directed and preschoolers who lag in developing FMS are at risk of