Enhancing the Lower Two-Handed Skills in Volleyball through the implementation of a Learning Management System: A Training Program for 6th-grade Students at Chumchonklongjan School, Chainat Province

Abstract

This research aimed to customize the following objectives: 1) to develop the two lower-hand skill training in volleyball through the implementation of the Learning Management System of 6th-grade students; and 2) to compare the effectiveness of the two lower-hand skills between the pretest and the posttest assessment. The population comprised eleven 6th-grade students enrolled in the first semester of the academic year 2023 at Chumchonklongjan school, selected through purposive sampling.  Four research instruments were used in the research: 1) four lesson plans of Learning Management System; 2) four sets of skill drills; 3) pre-class and post-class practice tests; and 4) observation measurement form of two lower-hand skill performance in volleyball. Data were analyzed using mean statistics, standard deviation and the parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The results could be summarized as follows: First, after the students underwent training through the implementation of the Learning Management System, average scores in all aspects showed satisfactory improvement, with all eleven students, constituting 100 percent, achieving higher scores than before. Furthermore, the comparison of the ability to play the two lower-hand skills in volleyball before and after studying revealed that 6th-grade students achieved a statistically significant increase in mean scores after undergoing training in two lower-hand skills, with significant at the 0.05 level