The effectiveness of an educational approach using the reciprocal method to teaching some basic volleyball skills

Abstract

The research aims to prepare an educational curriculum that contains a set of exercises using the reciprocal method to improve the performance of some basic skills in volleyball. The researcher used the experimental method and designed two equivalent groups with pre- and post-tests. The research sample consisted of students from Al-Zaytoun Intermediate School for Boys - Second Intermediate Grade, numbering (40) students. The researcher divided them into two groups, a control and an experimental group. After that, the pre-test was conducted, and then the educational curriculum was implemented using the reciprocal method, followed by the post-test. The researcher concluded the effectiveness of the reciprocal method in teaching some basic skills in volleyball, and the researcher recommended emphasizing the use of the reciprocal method in teaching some basic skills in volleyball along with teaching the more difficult skills in the same game.