The effect of weight training on developing speed combined with agility and accuracy in performing offensive skills in football

Abstract

The individual performance of the players in the team is a decisive factor in achieving success and winning in football, and among the important factors in the performance of the players is speed and agility, the ability of the player to move at high speed and change directions smoothly enhances the effectiveness of performing offensive skills, weight training is one of the most important means to improve speed Coupled with agility and precision attacking skills, these exercises involve wearing additional weights such as barbells or sandbags while practicing various soccer-related sports.

The aim of the research was to prepare exercises (by weighting) for the preparation period for advanced football players and to identify the impact of these exercises on developing the speed associated with agility and the accuracy of the performance of offensive skills for advanced football players. Perform offensive skills of soccer players, the research sample consisted of the players of Al-Kut Sports Club in football, one of the second-division clubs for the season (2021-2022), which numbered (23) players. The exploratory experiment was applied to them and they were excluded from the research sample to which the main experiment was applied, so the number of players on whom the main experiment was conducted became (16) players, and thus the percentage of the sample became (69.56%), and the research continued for the period from 8/1/2023 to 17/3/2023 at the Al-Kut Sports Club stadium in the city of Al-Kut.

The researcher concluded that the implemented program has shown significant progress in the study's variables. The training resulting from using the proposed exercises positively affects the improvement of physical performance, which in turn affects the accuracy and performance of offensive football skills. The researcher recommended the adoption of the proposed exercises, emphasizing the use of scientific foundations when designing the training program. It is also necessary to apply the suggested program to different categories of football players and conduct similar studies in other sports, considering different age levels, in order to achieve the best levels.