ABSTRACT: One problem that always hinders performance in sports is that it is found that young athletes who are truly talented in the area. One of the instruments that support and is very important to achieve the highest achievement is the talent in the Karanganyar Regency especially in the Colo madu Sub district, currently
the development of sports has not been maximized. Proven in the field with unsatisfactory results at the championshipsheldat the district and provincial level. One step to overcome the lack of maximum achievementis
the identification of sports talent from an earlyagethatcanbedone by coaches, sports teachersatschools and even
parents whose goal is to find the best seeds in the blood. Therefore, the right effort needs to be made to find the
best seedsthat must bedone by coaches, sports teachers and even parents to achieve maximum achievement.
Sport Searchis one form or model of identifyingstudentsports talent thatcanbeused. This researchaims to produce a media to help sports teachers and coaches findtalentedathletes in the region. The method in thisstudy uses the R&D method. The instruments usedwere interviews, questionnaires, and assessments. The data collection techniques in thisstudywerethreenamelyeffectiveness, obtainedthrough tests and studentresponses to the media guideline for identifyingstudents’ sports talent; validity, obtainedthrough validation by media experts, academic experts, practitioner experts; validity, resultingfrom an assessment instrument by a media expert validator. The average value resultingfromthisresearch shows that the validity of 84%, the effectiveness of the media resultedfromstudents’ giftedness tests. Then the practicality of the media obtainedfrom the validatorassessmentwithavalidity rate of 90%. Aftertaking data through 10 sport search test items, thenprocessedusing the sport search application itwasfoundthat talents hidden by the children in SD Muhammadiyah excellent programs especially class V namely sprint running athletics, floorgymnastics, table tennis, volleyball, soccer basketball, futsal, long jump and judo. Based on the results of data retrieval in an effective media child to implement.
KEYWORDS : Media, Sport Talent Identification, Sport Search