The effect of playing style exercises on developing the Shooting skill and depth position in the attacking play of football players aged (12-13) years

Abstract

The research aims to know the effect of playing-style exercises in developing the scoring skill and the depth position in offensive play. The research population was selected from the players of the Al-Ameed Specialized School in the Holy Governorate of Karbala for the Cubs for the season (2023-2024). The research sample was chosen intentionally for the Cubs football players who are aged between... Between (12-13) years old and (20) players. The researchers used the experimental method as it is the most appropriate method to solve the research problem. The research sample was divided into two equal groups with pre- and post-tests, each with (10) players, a control and an experimental group. The experimental group was chosen by lottery. The experimental group was under the supervision of the researchers who implemented the educational units on them, while the control group was under the supervision of the coach who implemented the training units that he had previously prepared. As for the research hypotheses, there was an effect of playing-style exercises in developing the scoring skill and the depth position in the players’ offensive play. For ages (12-13) years, the exercises continued for a period of (8) weeks with two educational units per week, so that the total educational units during the eight weeks reached (16) educational units.