Effect of Using Indirect Mental Training to Learn Football skills

Ali Qutaiba Younus — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Study purpose. The research is aiming to reveal effect of using mental training indirectly in learning some basic football skills and to compare in post-test between two research groups to learn some basic football skills among second-grade middle school students.

Materials and methods. The researcher used experimental method for its suitability to nature of research. The research community is represented by second-grade middle school students at Al-Furat Intermediate School for Boys for academic year (2024-2025), numbering (95) students distributed among three sections. The research sample consisted of sections (A, B), which were selected by lottery. Thus, the sample number reached (65) students. A number of sample members were excluded due to their lack of equivalence with sample, in addition to excluding students from section (C), who were selected as a sample for stability and exploratory experiments. Thus, final sample number reached (24) students divided into two groups, an experimental and a control group, with (12) students for each group, at a percentage of (25.263%) of original community. The proposed program was distributed by lottery. The educational programs took six weeks to implement, with two educational units per week for each group, each unit lasted 45 minutes.

Results. The results obtained reveal significant differences between results of pre- and post-tests for two research groups in learning skills of side throw and ball control, in favor of post-test. attributed to effectiveness of educational programs used and clear impact on learning and developing skills of side throw and ball control in soccer. The players benefited from educational component through explanation and presentation, through instructions and guidance, or through use of educational videos or educational images. These educational methods helped players form a complete understanding of selected skills.

Conclusion. Concluded that educational programs implemented on two research groups had a positive impact on learning the side throw and Ball control skills in soccer. The experimental group, which used an indirect mental training program accompanied by skill exercises, outperformed the control group, which used traditional method skill exercises program only.

The Effect of the Traditional Game of Bola Nyawa on Improving Motor Skills

Roni Muliadin, Rabwan Satriawan, Ainun Fitriani, Furkan Furkan, Ewan Irawan — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Study purpose. Traditional games are now rarely played, even though they contain educational and social values, as they often involve physical activity, strategic planning, teamwork, agility, and bring a unique sense of joy. This study aims to describe the process and learning outcomes through traditional games in improving the motor skills of students at SD Negeri Kalemba, particularly fifth-grade students.

Materials and methods. This study uses the Classroom Action Research method and uses a total sampling technique. The traditional game applied in this study is the Bola Nyawa game. The instrument used in this study is a motor skills test, with a sample of 5 students from Kalemba State Elementary School, Langgudu District, Bima Regency, the data analysis technique uses the SPSS version 22 application.

Result. Based on the significance value of the two-tailed test, the results obtained were 0.002; 0.001; and 0.003, all of which were smaller than 0.05 (sig < 0.05). The results of the study show that the traditional Bola Nyawa game can improve children's motor skills, which is indicated by the rejection of the null hypothesis (Ho) and the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis (Ha)

Conclusion. Thus, it can be concluded that the traditional game Bola Nyawa has a significant influence on improving students' motor skills.

Indonesian Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science

Effect of Using Indirect Mental Training to Learn Football skills

The Effect of the Traditional Game of Bola Nyawa on Improving Motor Skills