The Effect of Integrated Exercises with Aids on Learning the Stages of Technical Performance and Achieving the Long Jump for Students

Abstract

The long jump is an athletics event that requires integrated coordination of physical and technical aspects of performance. Improvement in performance is achieved through mastery of the technical stages of the competition: approach, takeoff, flight, and landing. As an athletics instructor at the College of Education/Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Islamic University, the researcher observed a disparity in students' learning levels. This disparity was evident in the persistence of some technical errors, weak connection between performance stages, and a lack of reflection of the effort invested in the training units on the level of achievement. Furthermore, it was found that relying on traditional teaching methods does not elicit the same response from all students, nor does it provide sufficient learning opportunities that consider individual differences. Among them.

The research aimed to identify the effect of exercises combined with assistive devices on learning the stages of technical performance and achieving the long jump for students.

The research population consisted of first-year students in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the College of Education, Islamic University, in the morning program during the academic year (2025-2026). The total number of students was 35, from which 20 were randomly selected to represent the research sample, constituting 57.143% of the total population. These 20 students were divided into two groups (experimental and control), each containing eight athletes, and were selected using the same method. The remaining four students were excluded due to absence.