The Effect of Play-Like Exercises on the Development of Some Types of Preparation in Youth Volleyball

Abstract

Hence, the importance of the research lies in developing exercises similar to playing, as volleyball is a competitive and collective game, and most of its skills are similar to playing. Among these skills is the preparation skill, as it is one of the important offensive skills at the level of volleyball, because it requires neuromuscular coordination and accuracy in performance. As for the research problem, through the researcher's field experience in the training process, he noticed that there is a weakness in the skill aspects of these skills, the preparation skill, as it is one of the important skills at the level of volleyball for prepared players at the youth level, and due to the lack of application of the method of exercises similar to playing in training units, as this skill is the key to playing and moving to the overwhelming attack. The objectives of the research were to prepare exercises similar to playing in developing some types of preparation in volleyball for youth for the research group, to identify the effect of exercises similar to playing in developing some types of preparation in volleyball for youth in the pre- and post-test for the research group. As for the research methodology, the researcher adopted the experimental method with a single-group design, which is consistent with the nature of the research problem. The research community was determined. The research sample was chosen intentionally, and they are prepared players aged (16-18) years, and they are young players in schools. Specialized in volleyball in Dhi Qar, numbering (8) players, as the percentage of the sample reached (100%) of the original community, and the researcher conducted a homogeneity of the sample, and one of the most important conclusions is that exercises similar to playing have a positive effect, as playing helps to enhance understanding and develop the skill of preparing volleyball.