The Effect of Specialized Exercises on Learning the Setting and Reception Skills in Volleyball among Pupils Aged 10–12 Years

Abstract

This study highlights the pivotal role of physical education classes in improving individuals’ daily lives through the motor activities and exercises incorporated into these lessons. It also considers volleyball as a sport characterized by rapid, changing, and unpredictable situations, as well as a wide variety of movement patterns and performance techniques. The significance of this study lies in examining the effect of specialized instructional exercises on learners’ acquisition of fundamental volleyball skills and determining how such exercises may contribute to achieving optimal learning outcomes and improving the effectiveness of the educational process. The main research problem concerns the difficulties experienced by pupils in learning two essential volleyball skills: the overhead setting skill and the forearm reception skill. These difficulties may adversely affect their subsequent acquisition of other fundamental volleyball skills. Accordingly, the researcher sought to address these two skills through a systematic, scientifically grounded approach aimed at reducing learning obstacles and minimizing technical errors during skill acquisition. The study pursued three objectives: (1) to identify the effect of specialized instructional exercises on learning the volleyball setting skill among participants in the experimental group; (2) to determine the effect of these exercises on learning the volleyball reception skill among participants in the experimental group; and (3) to identify statistically significant differences in the acquisition of setting and reception skills between the experimental and control groups.