The effect of attention focus exercises on the development of the skills of the frontal clear shot and smash in badminton

اثر تمرينات تركيز الانتباه في تطوير اداء مهارتي ضربة الابعاد الامامية والضرب الساحق بالريشة الطائرة

Abstract

One of the things that Arabs cared about in an advanced period of their history is the sporting aspect, as Khaled Al-Qudah mentions that "sport is one of the engines of life and the live heartbeat, as one has to take an adequate amount of sports so that his heart does not die." This is what Imam Al-Ghazali mentioned.                                    

As for the game of badminton, which is one of the racquet games and one of the individual games that have appeared in many countries, it is played mainly for the purpose of entertainment and is practiced by many members of society at different levels and ages. It is also played in closed and outdoor halls according to the type of purpose of practice, and it is played individually or double , or even  there is a mixture of men and women. Physical fitness elements are one of the basic foundations for practicing this game just like all sporting events and it may require a higher effort than many sporting events and a higher focus of them. So the researcher decided to prepare a set of exercises for focusing attention in order to develop some basic skills for this game to achieve a degree of good compatibility in performance between mental work and skillful performance, especially with regard to Iraqi players and on the junior category, since the exercises are in the coach's tool in making a change in the behavior of the players. The research aims to:                                                          

1.Prepare exercises to focus attention to develop the skills of smash and clear  shot  among  badminton  junior players.

2.Detect the effect of focusing attention exercises on developing the skills of smash and clear  shot  among   badminton  junior players.