The effect of positional play training to developing endurance and offensive skill performance of young football players

Abstract

The importance of the research was to prepare exercises in the positional play style in developing the endurance of the offensive skill performance of young football players, as well as identifying the effect of exercises in the positional play style in developing the endurance of the offensive skill performance of young football players. The researcher used the experimental method with two equal groups with pre- and post-tests. The research community was determined from the players of Karbala Governorate clubs, the youth category, for the 2023-2024 sports season. The research sample was chosen by random method (lottery), and their number reached (20) players. The research sample was divided into two equal groups, a control group (10) players and an experimental group (10) players. As for the most important conclusions: Positional play training had a positive role in developing the endurance of the offensive skill performance of the youth category, and led to a noticeable development of the endurance of the offensive skill performance of the youth category of football players. As for the most important recommendations: the need to focus on using positional play-style exercises by football coaches because they are exercises of a competitive nature and similar to modern playing methods and have a significant impact on developing the variable under study, and to emphasize the use of these exercises in the preparation periods for sports teams. It is necessary to take these exercises in Other variables and other sporting events.