The Effect of Alternating and Cascading Repetition Exercise on the Development of Handling Accuracy of Preferred Foot and Non-Preferred Foot for Futsal Players

Abstract

The research focused on exercises that use repetition in two different ways in performing the accuracy of handling for futsal players, as well as the importance of using various methods to develop it. The research aimed to identify the effect of alternating repetition exercises and successive repetitions on developing the accuracy of handling for the preferred and non-preferred foot for futsal players. Whereas using the preferred and non-preferred sides of the foot is a method for activating motor programs and transferring information between the two lobes of the brain through fibers separating them called the corpus callosum, which allows for performance correction processes. The researcher used the experimental method by designing the two experimental groups to suit the nature of the study problem. The research sample was chosen intentionally from the College of Languages ​​​​football team, numbering 16 players, as it obtained first place at the University of Baghdad. After that, the pre-test was conducted, and the sample was divided into two equal groups in odd and even order according to the results of the pre-test of skill, each group consisting of 8 players. After conducting the experiment, the results were analyzed and discussed. The researcher concluded that there were significant differences between the pre- and post-tests of the two experimental samples in favor of the post-tests, in addition to the existence of differences between the post-tests in favor of the successive repetition sample.