The effect of the mastery learning strategy on the mental toughness and skill performance of receiving the serve in volleyball for students

Abstract

The problem of the research is that, although the time available is sufficient to learn volleyball skills, it is not sufficient to achieve the degree of mastery of these skills, especially the skill of receiving the serve. The reason for this may be due to the educational strategies, methods and approaches used in the educational process, as well as the lack of interest in the aspects of learning. This skill, especially the psychological aspect and the appropriate psychological abilities, especially mental toughness, which means that the student reaches the maximum possible performance or performance that exceeds his capabilities, so the matter requires thinking about using effective, organized learning strategies based on scientific foundations that may contribute to this psychological ability and then Reaching the skill performance of receiving the serve to a good degree of proficiency. The research aimed to prepare a measure of mental toughness for the students as well as identifying the effect of the learning strategy for mastery on the mental toughness and skill performance of receiving the serve with volleyball for the students. The researchers followed the experimental approach by designing two equal groups with pre- and post-tests. The research community was represented by the students of the second stage in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Babylon, amounting to (132) students, and the main research sample was chosen with a number of (30) students who were divided into two groups, experimental and control, equally, and parity was found between them after the pre-tests were conducted and then Applying the mastery learning strategy to the students of the experimental group, during a period of (4) weeks, with two educational units per week (2), and with a time of (90) minutes for the educational unit. After completing the application of the strategy, post-tests were conducted on the research sample, and after obtaining the results and processing them statistically, several conclusions were reached, the most important of which is that the learning strategy for mastery plays a major role in increasing the mental toughness and skill performance of receiving the volleyball serve for students. and this achieves one of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations in Iraq which is (Quality Education). According to the researchers recommended the necessity of adopting the learning for mastery strategy in learning to receive the volleyball serve for students, in addition to emphasizing the conduct of continuous tests for students regarding the variables. Psychological and mental.