Assoc. Prof. Dr. SUSILO
Faculty of Sports Science
Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Indonesia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Susilo completed his bachelor degree in 1997 and Master’s Degree in Physical Education in 2001 at State University of Surabaya, and a Doctoral Degree in Physical Education and Training in 2013 at the Central China Normal University, China. Presently he is working as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physical Education Faculty of Sports Science Universitas Negeri Jakarta, and foreign affair staff (Staff of Vice Rector in Planning and Collaboration Affairs). He was the former Executive Board Member and former Secretary General of ACESS. He is now developing sport in sport science faculty, Universitas Negeri Jakarta to meet the international standards and concerns for Physical Education. On May 2015, he hosted an International Conference of Physical Education and Sport (ICPESS) as Chair of Organizing Committee. He is strongly committed to projects focused on Physical Education in Indonesia. He has attended academic and professional meetings in more than 15 countries, such as GOFPEP 2014 South Africa, ICPESS 2015 India, 2015, ICSPHW Philippines 2016, GOFPEP 2016 Turkey, ICPESS 2017 Thailand, IPEEC Taiwan 2018, ICPESS Turkey 2018. In May 2021, he hosted the Virtual International Conference of Physical Education and Sport (ICPESS) as Chair of the Organizing Committee and awarded the world record of largest virtual conference in PESS in Indonesia. Recently, he began to serve as expert staff for the UNJ Rector on a project entitled “Keep Moving, Be Active and Be Healthy”.
Bringing Pickleball to Developing Youth Provinces of Physical Activities: Indonesian Perspective
Pickleball is a new sport that is growing rapidly nowadays in Europe, USA and in Asia. In 2019, I introduced the sport in Indonesia, then it shows great development which involving 32 provinces out of 38 provinces with more than 5000 pickleball’s players. Regular physical activities (PA) in pickleball contribute to maintaining health and improving the quality of life among adolescents. The present cross-sectional research aimed to investigate the relationship between motivation derived from self-determination theory (SDT) and levels of physical activity, as well as health-related fitness indices in 200 Indonesian adolescents (age range: 15-19 years old; mean age: 17 years old) from 15 provinces. We analyzed participants' motivation (autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and motivation) using the Care Self-Regulation Questionnaire, and measured moderate-to-vigorous physical intensity activity (MVPA) and weekly pickleball playing using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. The researchers conducted screened body fat (fat mass, fat percentage, and visceral fat) using the Tanita SC240MA, torque with the Back Scratch Test and Chair Sit-and-Reach Test, and muscle strength using the Five-Times Sit-to-Stand Test. and the "Time's Up and Down" Test. The partial-least squares structural equation modeling with Warp PLS 8.0 software was used for data analysis. The results showed that autonomous motivation was significantly and positively related to walking (β = 0.22, p < 0.01) and MVPA (β = 0.21, p < 0.01); motivation remained negatively related to pickleball (β = -.26, p < .01) and positively related to MVPA (β = .21, p < .05); and amotivation was significantly and negatively associated with pickleball and MVPA (β = -.17, p < .05; β = -.16, p < .05). The results showed that higher levels of PA were associated with better health-related fitness. However, the expected indirect impact of motivation on health-related fitness outcomes was not statistically significant. Our results support SDT in explaining youth participation in physical activity. Although physically active adolescents tend to be more physically fit, motivation for physical activity does not have a significant indirect impact on all health-related fitness outcomes.