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Abstract

This research contains four chapters, including an introduction and its significance. The research problem arises from the researchers' extensive professional and practical experience as former athletes and instructors, their experience in field athletics, their observations of jumpers' performance and their own review of scientific sources and studies concerning the long jumps. The study aimed to examine the effect of the dual-task strategy on developing certain sensory abilities and improving long jump performance among specialized school athletes. The researchers used an experimental method based on a one-group pretest–post-test design. The research sample consisted of six long jump athletes from specialized schools. Tests of time perception, force perception, and distance perception were used, along with a long jump performance test. The data were then analyzed statistically using the SPSS software. The results showed statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests, in favor of the post-test. The mean score for time perception was 1.458 in the pre-test and 1.214 in the post-test, with a t-value of 7.071. For force perception, the mean was 1.571 in the pre-test and 0.857 in the post-test, with a t-value of 3.528. For distance perception, the mean was 2.614 in the pre-test and 1.571 in the post-test, with a t-value of 8.896. Long jump performance also improved, increasing from 5.774 to 5.864, with a t-value of 5.612. The researchers concluded that the dual-task strategy had a positive effect on developing sensory abilities and improving long jump performance among the participants.

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Original Study

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166

Last Page

174

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