The effect of special exercises (physical - skill) to develop the muscles of the legs and their relationship to the speed of defensive movement among young basketball players

تأثير تمرينات خاصة (بدنية – مهارية) لتطوير عضلات الرجلين وعلاقتها بسرعة التحرك الدفاعي لدى لاعبي كرة السلة الشباب

Abstract

The research problem lies in the presence of a slow process of defensive movement, and this weakness may be caused by a lack of focus on the use of special exercises that help players in developing the muscles of the legs and defensive movement. The  research  significance is to develop special exercises to develop the muscles of the two legs, as it helps players to improve their defense capabilities in a way that makes their performance  more perfect and facilitates the speed of defensive movement. Thus, the training process becomes codified and benefiting from physical and skill exercises to reach the optimal performance. The research aimed to prepare special exercises to develop the muscles of the two legs for young basketball players and to identify the impact of these exercises to develop the muscles of the two legs for young basketball players.  The researcher used the experimental approach as the sample was chosen deliberately. They are Al-Nassiriya club players, youth basketball group, whose number is (20 players). The sample has been homogenized and then divided into two equal, experimental and control groups that include each group (10 players). After determining physical and skill tests, complete  application of special exercises  lasted for (8 weeks) and with (3 units) training per week within the special preparation period, and upon completion of the post-tests. The researcher concluded that  the exercises used which were specialized exercises to develop muscle strength and skillful exercises for speed of performance contributed to the development the muscular strength of the two legs muscles and the speed of the defensive movement. The muscular strength of the two legs is also significantly correlated with the speed of the defensive movement of the young basketball players