The effect of the divergent thinking method to improving intuitive speed and learning the forward and backward movements of the legs (footwork) with the epee weapon.

Abstract

The research aimed to prepare educational units using the divergent thinking method to learn how to perform footwork with an epee weapon for third-year students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, and to identify the effect of the divergent thinking method in improving intuitive speed and learning to perform footwork with their epee weapon. The researchers assumed that there are statistically significant differences between the results of the pre- and post-tests of the experimental and control research groups in measuring intuitive speed and footwork in epee fencing. There are statistically significant differences between the results of the tests of the experimental and control groups in measuring intuitive speed and footwork in epee fencing. The experimental method was adopted by designing the two equal experimental and control groups on a sample of second-year students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Baghdad. They numbered (68) students who were randomly selected (20.178%) from their community. After determining the tests for the research, educational exercises were prepared to employ them in the vocabulary of the divergent thinking method and were tested by application in the practical lessons of the fencing subject in this college over a period of (8) weeks at the rate of one educational unit per week, as the procedures extended for a period of time from (10/11/2023). ) until (12/21/2023), which is the end date of the experiment, and then the results were processed with the (SPSS) system.