kufa journal Physical Education Sciences

The current study aimed to prepare cooperative games to learn the performance of some basic swimming skills to relieve autism spectrum disorder for children from (6-9) years old، and to identify the effect of cooperative games on learning to perform some basic swimming skills to alleviate autism spectrum disorder for children (6-7) years old. The researchers assumed there for cooperative games in learning the performance of some swimming skills to relieve autism spectrum disorder for children from (6-7) years old. The researchers used the experimental method with a single group design، and they identified the research community with the children of the Hammam Al-Salam Center for Autistic Children، who numbered (60) children، and the research sample was chosen by After the sample homogeneity procedures، an exploratory experiment was conducted on the research sample to determine the extent to which the sample members were able to learn. As for the main experiment، tribal tests were conducted، and then cooperative games were applied. The educational curriculum took (6) weeks، with two units per week، and at a time of (90) minutes per unit، bringing the number of units to (12) educational units. Then، post-tests are conducted، and the data is processed statistically using the SPSS statistical package. Then the researchers presented and analyzed the results of the research by calculating the difference between the pre and post-tests of the skills (water confidence، buoyancy on the abdomen، front flow)، which showed the presence of significant differences in favor of the post-test.
As for the most important conclusions:
1- Children with autism spectrum disorder practiced a variety of cooperative games that helped prepare them and motivated them to learn to swim.
2- The cooperative games and the various items they contain have achieved good results in children's learning the basic skills of swimming.
3- The effect of cooperative games prepared by the researchers in alleviating autism spectrum disorder in children.
Recommendations:
1- Create all the necessary conditions and supplies for children with an autism spectrum disorder to play cooperative games and practice swimming on a regular basis.
2- Preparing specialized teachers to deal with this category of children.
3- Preparing special educational curricula in the style of cooperative games that have the ability to bring autistic children out of isolation and introversion and desire them to engage in motor activities.
4- Serious attention in preparing education teachers to deal with this category of children in order to help them and alleviate what they and their families suffer from.
5- Continuing studies and research for the rest of the cases and different age groups using cooperative games prepared by the researchers and knowing their impact on alleviating autism spectrum disorder.

1443 AH 2022 AD

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The study aimed to build a scale of strategic analysis in Olympic and non-Olympic federations. As for the research community, it included (47) Olympic and non-Olympic federations, with a number of (381). They represent members of the administrative bodies of sports federations in Iraq. The sample consisted of (276 members) with a percentage of (72.44%) and divided The main sample was divided into three samples based on the requirements of the study. The method used in the research is the descriptive method in its survey style for its relevance with the nature of the research. Their number is (112) members, and the application sample is (144) members

The research aims to:
1-Recognizing the values of some biokinetic variables for the skill of pressing the instep and the level of kinetic balance among female football tennis players.
2-Finding the relationship between some biokinetic variables of the metatarsal pressing skill and the kinetic balance of female soccer tennis players.
In the research, the descriptive approach was used in the style of interrelationships to suit the nature of the research
The research sample consisted of the Iraqi national football team’s six players, and used testing, analysis, measurement, questionnaire, photography and observation as means to collect data, and three cameras with a speed of (240) images / sec were used for the purpose of analysis, placed at a distance of (3.5) meters from ( Front, side, top) of the player. The variables extracted and measured were (body angles, center of gravity of the body, angular velocity, time, ball launch velocity).
The research concluded the following:
1-The correlations for the kinetic balance test varied in the skill of pressing in the instep, as the correlations appeared with the variables (the angle of the elbow in the position of preparation, the angle of the shoulder).
2-The kinetic balance was positively correlated with the angles of inclination and fulcrum of the body in the position of hitting the ball
3-It appeared that the balance of the kinetic body has an effect on the launch of the ball through the link that appeared between the starting angle of the ball and the kinetic balance

The present research aims at building and applying the cognitive flexibility measure for students of the college and departments of physical education and sports sciences and identifying the level of cognitive flexibility for students of the college and departments of physical education and sports sciences, the two researchers used the descriptive methodology of the survey method to suit it, and the nature and objectives of this study. The research community included 440 students of the Faculty and the Departments of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Mosul University, which included 264 students, who were deliberately selected from the basic research sample. They represent 60% percent, the application sample included 176 students, represent 40% percent of the research sample, since that ratio was representative of the research community, and the scale consisted of 40 paragraphs and alternatives (always apply to me, often apply to me, sometimes apply to me, not often apply to me, not apply to me at all). The two researchers used the following statistical means: ( The average arithmetic, Standard Deviation, Simple Connection Factor Pearson, Test T, Percentage, Surrender Average, Contrast Analysis, Alfa Kronbach equation) to reach the study goals.

Adapting the questionnaire of creative behavior with its dimensions (originality, intellectual fluency and mental flexibility, sensitivity to problems) for directors of student activities departments in Iraqi universities from the point of view of their sports staff and identifying the levels of dimensions of creative behavior for directors of student activities departments in Iraqi universities from the point of view of their sports staff. The researchers used the descriptive approach with the survey method and the research sample consisted of (524) members distributed over (16) universities. In processing the data statistically, the percentage, arithmetic mean, simple correlation coefficient (Pearson), Spearman-Brown equation, Gutman equation, and Cronbach's alpha equation were used. The researchers concluded that the creative behavior questionnaire is effective in its dimensions for the directors of student activities departments in Iraqi universities from the point of view of their sports staff. The directors of student activities departments are characterized by creative behavior at a very good level. The researchers recommended applying the creative behavior questionnaire to other institutions after conducting scientific adaptation and enhancing the creative behavior of the directors of student activities departments in Iraqi universities. The possibility of adopting creative behavior as a tool to evaluate the performance of managers in institutions.

Volleyball is one of the exciting games that different segments of society want to learn, including students, because its skills are not as difficult as other games that involve physical contact. Learning volleyball skills requires speed, thinking, attention and focus while playing. It is based on a basic rule, which is the correct performance of skills. To advance in this game, one must master and learn the skill performance well. Among these skills are (smashing and blocking) to reach a better level for the student and learner. The importance of the research lies in keeping pace with modern developments, including the use of the three-step interview strategy, which is useful in teaching volleyball skills to female students.

The research aims to:

1- Identify the values ​​of some biokinematic variables for the skills of pressing with the instep and pressing with the sole of the foot among female tennis players.

2- Find the differences in the values ​​of some biokinematic variables between the skills of pressing with the instep and pressing with the sole of the foot among female tennis players.
The descriptive approach was used in the research with the comparative method for its suitability for the research
The research sample consisted of the players of the Iraqi national team in tennis football, numbering six players. The researchers used analysis, photography, measurement, testing, questionnaire and observation as means of collecting data. Three cameras with a speed of (240) images/second were used for the purpose of analysis, placed at a distance of (3.5) meters from (the front, side, top) of the player and at a height of (1) meter from the ground. The special variables were extracted (ball launch speed, body angles, body center of gravity, angular velocities, time).

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The research aims to:
- Identifying the values of some biokinetic variables for the skill of preparation in the sole of the foot.
- Identifying the level of kinetic balance and static balance among female football tennis players.
- Finding the relationship between kinetic balance and static balance with some biokinetic variables.
The two researchers used the descriptive approach because of its suiteness and solve the research problem. As for the research sample, it consisted of the six Iraqi national football tennis players, and the two researchers used analysis, test, questionnaire and measurement as means of data collection, and three cameras with a speed of (240) images / sec were used for the purpose of analysis. As for the study variables, they were (velocity of the ball launching, body angles, center of mass of the body, displacements, time, angular and circumferential velocity).
The conclusions of the research were as follows:
- The height of the center of mass of the body in the standby posture was positively correlated with the kinetic balance.
- It appeared that the angles of the arm, especially the elbow angle, have an effect on the kinetic balance of the body, and this was shown through the connection between them.
- It appeared that the angle of the ankle and both legs have a relationship and effect on the static balance of the body.
- The angle of inclination of the torso at the moment of hitting the ball
was negatively correlated with the static balance of the body.
- It was found that the lower the center of mass of the body in the standby and hitting the ball postures, the greater the static balance.

The research aims to identify the degree of psychological combustion among the members of the research sample, as well as to identify the differences between the dimensions of psychological combustion among the members of the research sample, and the researcher assumed that there is a discrepancy in the level of psychological combustion among the research sample, and the presence of differences in the degrees of some dimensions of the psychological combustion scale in the research sample . The researcher used the descriptive approach for its suitability to the research sample, which included football coaches for the Iraqi league clubs for the central and southern regions.
Among the most important conclusions reached by the researcher were: the presence of an increase in the level of psychological combustion for some football coaches, and the existence of a variation in the level of psychological combustion among the members of the research sample. The researcher reached recommendations, including the need to emphasize the importance of psychological preparation for trainers and to involve trainers in courses related to psychological aspects and under the supervision of a psychologist for the purpose of introducing them to the phenomenon of psychological burnout and its causes, in order to ensure their knowledge of this phenomenon in the future

The current researcher aims to prepare an educational curriculum according to the information processing strategy in basketball for first-year students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Al-Muthanna University to identify the effect of the curriculum in developing visual accuracy and dribbling with a basketball. To achieve this goal, the researcher used the experimental method using the control and experimental groups with a pre- and post-test. The researcher identified the research community, which is represented by first-year students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Al-Muthanna University, numbering 64 students divided into two sections (B - C). Section (B) was chosen by lottery, numbering (32) students, to represent the research sample, as they were randomly divided into two groups, with (16) students for each group. In order to achieve the hypotheses, the researcher applied the educational curriculum according to the information processing strategy on the experimental research sample, as the curriculum included (8) educational units applied during a month at a rate of two educational units per week. Then the researcher conducted the post-tests on the research sample. The results were obtained and using the statistical package (spss), the data was processed and the results were displayed. In light of the results obtained, the researcher concluded that the educational curriculum prepared according to the information processing strategy resulted in development in visual accuracy and improvement in the skill of dribbling with a basketball.

Abstract: The current research aims to identify the level of emotional balance among scout leaders holding the wooden badge in the General Directorates of Education in Iraq, and to identify the differences in emotional balance among scout leaders holding the wooden badge in the General Directorates of Education in Iraq according to the variables of gender, scouting experience, and academic qualification. The researchers used the descriptive approach as a study method, due to its suitability and the nature and objectives of this study. The research community includes (352) scout leaders. The construction sample consists of (212) scout leaders who were chosen intentionally and represent (60.22%) of the basic research sample. The application sample consists of (140) scout leaders and represent (39.78%) of the research community distributed among the general directorates in Iraq. The researchers used the emotional balance scale prepared by (Abu Mustafa, 2015). The scale consists of (27) paragraphs. The researchers used statistical methods in order to achieve the objectives of the current study. The researchers used the statistical package (Spss), which is represented by the following: (percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient (Pearson), (t) test for two independent samples, hypothetical mean).