THE EFFECT OF SPEED-STRENGTH TRAINING ON DEVELOPING LEG MOVEMENTS FOR VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS AT AHLULBAYT UNIVERSITY.

Abstract

One of the most important sports sciences that guides learners to achieve optimal performance in most team sports skills is motor learning. This comprehensive and diverse approach necessitates the use of various educational tools and physical exercises that directly influence the learning of motor skills and the development of their associated physical attributes, all within a structured framework. The goal is to achieve the desired objective through the use of different equipment, tools, exercises, and techniques that help learners grasp the details of performing any volleyball skill. Through his observation of the volleyball skills learning process and his review of the volleyball curriculum for the second year at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Ahlulbayt University, the researcher found a scarcity of exercises that develop leg speed and thus contribute to learning the desired skill. The principle of repetition alone in the educational process does not guarantee skill acquisition and performance development but rather ensures continuity in motor performance. In other words, the teaching methods used in the motor learning process yield varying success rates due to insufficient attention to the physical aspect, which is the crux of the problem. Therefore, the need arose to use physical exercises that focus on speed-strength, enabling learners to develop the speed of their leg movements and learn the technical execution and accuracy of the setting skills in volleyball. The research population consisted of 98 second-year students at the College of Physical Education, Ahlulbayt University, during the academic year 2025-2026. The researcher used the SPSS statistical package.