The effectiveness of command and reciprocal teaching methods in improving some skill variables in volleyball among students of the Department of Physical Education at Hadramout University (Comparative study)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of the two methods of teaching (command and reciprocal) and the differences between them in improving some skill variables in volleyball among students of the Department of Physical Education at Hadramout University. The two researchers used the experimental approach.  For its suitability to the nature of the study, the design of the two experimental groups and the pre and posttest for the two groups, and the sample consisted of (12) students, and it was divided into two experimental groups with (6) students for each group, and the two researchers adopted the teaching curriculum for volleyball in the Department of Physical and Sports Education at Hadramout University for the third level of the academic year  2021-2022, and it was applied by the two methods of teaching (command and reciprocal) to improve some skill variables for the skills of sending and passing from above and below, and the results indicated that the two groups made progress, but the second experimental group outperformed the first experimental by using the reciprocal method in learning the skills of transmitting and passing from  Up and down volleyball, and the results showed that the second experimental group using the reciprocal method got better results in the results of the post tests, compared to the first experimental group using the command method.  The researcher recommended the need to use the reciprocal method in learning the skills of sending and passing, as well as other basic skills in volleyball, and conducting similar studies on different age groups in volleyball and the rest of the other games.