THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM TO REDUCE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND IMPROVE SOME OFFENSIVE ABILITIES AND SKILLS AMONG VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Abstract

What distinguishes the game of volleyball from other sports is that it depends on mental abilities as much as it depends on physical abilities, and since most of the volleyball skills are consecutive and sequential, they require a high level of precision and performance, and therefore the goal came to identify the level of the psychological counseling program in learning Some of the basic offensive skills of players with special needs in volleyball. To achieve this goal, the researcher used the experimental method, while the research tools consisted of a research sample of players from Al-Daghara Club and Al-Kufa Club with special needs in volleyball, who numbered (20) players, divided into two equal groups, one of which was experimental in number. (10) and the other is a control group, numbering (10). After a series of field procedures represented by ensuring the validity of the tests that measure the variables under study, the researcher proceeded to conduct the main experiment and apply the tests. The researcher used appropriate statistical methods by using the statistical package (SPSS) to process the data and show the results. The researcher was able It has been concluded that guidance programs have a major role in learning and developing offensive motor skills, and that the use of encouraging words has a positive role in increasing the effectiveness of players’ performance of offensive skills.