PSYCHOLOGICAL HESITATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOME OFFENSIVE SKILLS (TACTICAL ASPECT) AMONG YOUTH PLAYERS UNDER (19) YEARS OF AGE IN FOOTBALL

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the relationship between psychological hesitation and some offensive skills (tactical aspect) among youth players under 19 years of age in football, and it can be used to develop the psychological aspect of players. Coaches, researchers, and teaching staff should take this into consideration, considering the psychological aspect is very important for players. As well as diagnosing unsporting habits and behavior within society and sports stadiums, in addition to the information this research provides in sports psychology, in addition to its problem, which was revealed in the presence of undesirable behaviors represented by psychological hesitation among players, and the reason for which is due to the presence of psychological obstacles among these players. It is the basis of the research problem, so the researchers wanted to study the relationship between psychological hesitation and some offensive skills (tactical aspect) among youth football players under (19) years old. The researchers hypothesized that there are statistically significant differences in the level of psychological hesitation and a correlation between psychological hesitation and some offensive skills (handling and scoring skills) among youth football players under (19) years old.

The researchers reviewed sources related to psychological hesitation, handling skills, and scoring. The researchers used the descriptive approach in the style of a survey study, and the correlational relationship to suit the nature of the research, while the sample included youth players under (19) years of age in football for the season (2022/2023). The sample was randomly selected, amounting to (50) players, and their grades were calculated and special tests were applied to them ( Handling and scoring skill) by the team coach and its data was processed through the use of the statistical package and through the presentation, analysis and discussion of the research results, the following conclusions were reached. First, the correlation between psychological hesitation and some offensive skills was determined, and the results showed that psychological hesitation has a strong relationship with ( Handling and scoring skills. With low levels of psychological hesitation among youth players under 19 years of age in football. The researchers recommended taking advantage of the current scale as an objective tool for researchers and the possibility of using it in research and studies and revealing the relationship of psychological frequency to some other psychological variables.