Abstract
This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of using paper balloons as a teaching tool to help players learn the overhand pass in volleyball. Eleven university students participated in this study. They practiced straight–up passes by one person and pass rallies by two people using paper balloons with a diameter of approximately 30 cm for 7 minutes each. To analyze the effect of the overhand passing practice using paper balloons, the participants were tested before and after the experimental practice, and then were asked to straight up pass and pass rally using a normal volleyball. Next, analyses were conducted of the passes record, passing technique, and the questionnaire. The study results showed that the use of paper balloons as a teaching tool promotes the recognition of the overhand passing technique and forcefulness, improves the motion of passing the ball with fingertips, and contributes to the acquisition of the rational overhand passing technique. Another interesting finding was that paper balloons can feed back the result of the exercise by changing the shape of the balloons and through auditory information. These results suggest that the use of paper balloons as a teaching tool in the teaching material in the preliminary stage of overhand passing learning using a volleyball causes a transfer of learning about passing technique and supports the acquisition of the rational overhand passing technique.
