THE EFFECT OF RECEIVING REBOUNDING BALLS FROM THE WALL ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR SPEED AND THE SKILL OF BALL CONTROL IN YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

Football is one of the sports that encompasses a wide variety of skills, physical abilities, strategies, and behaviors throughout the match, across different levels and age groups. This highlights the essential need for players, individually or as a team, to consistently and continuously deliver quality and speed in executing fundamental skills in various competitive situations. Motor speed is a crucial physical capability in modern football, as it provides players with the ability to perform physical, skill-based, or tactical tasks within a time frame that ensures a competitive advantage and ultimately surpasses the opponent. Additionally, the skill of ball control allows players to handle situations optimally by providing good control over the ball, especially when receiving random and fast-moving balls. These two variables, physical and skill-based, are vital for effectively controlling and handling the ball quickly in changing competitive scenarios. This prompted the researcher to study the use of rebound balls from a wall as an independent experimental variable and to examine its impact on young players' motor speed and ball control skills in football, which underscores the importance of the research. The researcher relied on a sample of young football players from the sports academy in Jalawla, who are preparing to participate in the provincial championship for the 2023-2024 season, totaling 24 players. Four players were excluded from the experiment due to conflicts between their school schedules and the program’s application period. The researcher divided the sample into two groups, experimental and control, through random selection. The study concluded that training with rebound balls from a wall led to improvements in motor speed and ball control skills among the experimental group. The researcher provided recommendations specific to the topic of the research