The effect of plank exercises on developing endurance and accuracy of the skill of tapping and passing over the head with a basketball

Abstract

The training process helps the coach in development. The research problem is that most of our coaches used different methods to train and develop this ability, many of which yielded limited positive results for using one or more methods within these concepts, which determined the impact of the development rate on endurance. From the simple field experience of the researchers in the game, they decided to try to find special and directed exercises to develop endurance and the accuracy of the skill of tapping and passing over the head for female basketball players. The research aims to identify the effect of plank exercises in developing endurance and the accuracy of the performance of the tapping skill among female basketball players. The researchers used the experimental method to solve the research problem. The research community consisted of first-stage female students in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences / College of Education for Girls / University of Kufa for the academic year (2023-2024), where their number reached (48) and the sample was selected randomly and their number reached (12) students to conduct the research tests and the exploratory experiment sample (8) students. The researchers concluded that the prepared plank exercises led to the development and improvement of some endurance and accuracy of the skill of overhead handling and dribbling with the basketball for the research sample.