Attentional Control and Its Relationship to the Serving and Receiving Skills of Female Volleyball Students in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Abstract

The study aimed to develop exercises based on attentional control theories and determine their importance in the serving and receiving skills of female volleyball students. It also aimed to identify the impact of attentional control theories on the serving and receiving skills of female students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. It also aimed to identify the superiority in the effect between the two groups in developing attentional control and the skills of serving and receiving in volleyball for female students.

The researchers used the experimental method, designing two equivalent groups (experimental and control) with pre- and post-tests, as it was appropriate for the problem under investigation and to achieve the research objectives.

The researchers concluded that the method, developed in accordance with the theories of attentional control, was a key and primary factor in the experimental group's superiority over the control group in achieving the research objectives. The visual skill exercises prepared by the researchers significantly helped develop the experimental group's attentional control, and the duration of the independent variable, represented by the number of instructional units, was appropriate for creating adaptations that reflected the extent of the experimental group's development in motor response speed.