There are activities in Physical Education where students and teachers face learning and teaching difficulties correspondingly. By hands-on experience at school, we consider that activities that fall into this category are the acquisition of the correct positions of a volleyball team`s players during the reception of the service and the setter`s movement. They are also time-consuming since, ideally, all students should assume the correct positions for all possible initial positions (right before the execution of the service) on the volleyball court. The suggested defense formation at high school and lyceum level is "W" with 6 at the front and two setters (4-2). In the traditional way of teaching, since students are involved in the activity, they are deprived of a panoramic view of their proper placement and movement. In addition, Physical Education itself is deprived of the aid other sciences, such as computer science and pedagogy (since modem learning theories can suitably be applied through the proper use of new technologies), have to offer. Therefore, our aim is the creations of a software simulation program that will help students understand the above-mentioned activities.
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