The effect of competitive exercises on developing some basic football skills among Cubs players

تأثير تمرينات تنافسية في تطوير بعض المهارات الأساسية بكرة القدم لدى اللاعبين الأشبال

Abstract

The research aims to develop the basic skills of football for the Cubs category by ages (14), since they are at the beginning of their way towards controlling these skills, which are the basis for the player’s transition towards the development of the rest of the complex skills. The researcher used the experimental method of two equivalent groups ( experimental and control)  of  pre and post tests for its suitability with the research problem. The research sample consisted of players of the  10 cubs players of Alshurtaa(Police)  club  (the control group), and 10   cubs players of Al-Gua aljaweyaa  (Air Force) Club a (the experimental group). Competitive exercises and a training curriculum were prepared  to develop basic skills (handling) , Quenching, rolling, scoring). Pre and post test  for the two groups were conducted  the two groups and then applying the curriculum for a period of 8 weeks .The post-test was conducted on the same sample in order to extract the results of the research.  The researcher  concluded that there   is the weakness among  cubs  players  with basic skills in football, and that the training curriculum based on competitive exercises had an effective role on developing these skills. Upon  comparing the results, it was found that the experimental sample that  used the training curriculum and competitive exercises developed by the researcher was better than the results of the control group that used the regular curriculum developed by their coach.