مجلة الرافدين للعلوم الرياضية (May 2014)

Effect of a Suggested Psychological Program on Reducing Psychological Stress to Improve Skilful Performance Level on Balance Bar Device for Female Students / College of Sport Education / Mosul University

  • Moa’yad Abdul-Razzaq,
  • Ashraf Luai Salim Tohala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33899/rajsport.2014.89592
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 66
pp. 121 – 157

Abstract

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The study aimed at : - Constructing a suggested psychological program on reducing psychological Stress to improve skilful performance level on a balance bar device for female students / college of sport education. - Finding the degree of psychological stress and skilful performance level on a balance bar device for female students / college of sport education for experimental and control groups . - Finding the effect of a suggested psychological program on reducing psychological Stress to improve skilful performance level on a balance bar device for female students / college of sport education. - Finding the differences in psychological stress and the skilful performance level on a balance bar device for female students / college of sport education for experimental and control groups in post test . The researchers have adopted the experimental methodology for its convenience to the nature of the present research . The research was performed on a sample selected randomly and represented by female students / college of sport education / Mosul university as (20) female students . The female students were divided randomly into two groups ( experimental and control ) as (9) female students for each group after excluding (2) female students and (9) female students for the field experiment . The researchers have used the experimental design called ( the equivalent groups ) randomly selected with both pre and post tests . Then ,the researchers prepared a psychological program( psychological skill training ) which included training on three psychological skills : relaxation , mental speculation and attention concentration. The suggested psychological training program is applied on the experimental group before starting the common teaching as for the skill of relaxation and mental speculation and as (3) units for relaxation and (4) units for the mental speculation . Thus , the training units were (7) . On the other hand , the skill of attention concentration for which the training units were performed as (3) units . So , the program lasted (4) weeks as (3) training units per week . The time of training unit was (25-30) minutes for the period 30/4/2013 until 26/5/2013 . The main research experiment is applied at the indoor of physical fitness / college of sport education / Mosul university .

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