Dampak Permainan Bowling Tiruan Terhadap Kecakapan Motorik Anak Terbelakang Mental Usia Dini

: The Impact of Games of Imitation Bowling on Motor Skills Coordination of Early Men­tally Retarded Children. This quasi experimental study aims to examine the effect of playing games using simulated bowling rules on the motor-skill coordination of early mentally retarded (MR) children. Six sub­jects of five to seven years old, four female and two male, were purposively sampled. Observation and video-recording were carried out to record the development of children's motor-skill coordination. The results show that the games employing simulated rules were found to be effective on developing the motor-skill coordination