The Impact of Cooperative Pedagogy on Flow State Induction and Volleyball Setting Skill Mastery Among Specialized Academy Athletes
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https://doi.org/10.26400/Sep./69/18الكلمات المفتاحية:
Cooperative Learning-Based Instructional Units, Flow State (Psychological Flow), Volleyball Setting Skill.الملخص
This study aims to design instructional units based on the cooperative learning approach, implement them with players from the Specialized Sports School in Al-Rumaitha, and investigate their effect on fostering psychological flow and learning the volleyball setting (overhead pass) skill.
To achieve these objectives, the researcher employed a two-group (experimental and control) pretest-posttest experimental design. The research population comprised players from the Specialized Sports School for the (2025–2026) sports season (N = 24), who were randomly allocated via lottery into two equal groups of (n = 12) players each.
The researcher constructed a psychological flow scale and established a volleyball setting skill test battery. An introductory orientation session was conducted to familiarize the participants with setting mechanics, as it represented a novel motor skill. Following baseline pre-testing, the cooperative instructional intervention was implemented over a 3-week period at a rate of two sessions per week, totaling six instructional units. The instructional portion utilized a command style for skill demonstration, whereas the practical execution phase divided the experimental group into three small sub-groups where learners alternated between the roles of executor and peer-guide. Following the intervention, post-tests were administered, and data were statistically analyzed using SPSS.
The findings revealed that the cooperative learning-based instructional units played a significant role in enhancing psychological flow and facilitating the acquisition of the volleyball setting skill, with the experimental group demonstrating statistically significant superiority over the control group across all measured variables.
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