A Study Of Mental Perception And Sports Confidence And Their Relationship To The Motivation Of Sports Achievement For The Players Of The Iraqi Premier League Football Clubs

Abstract

Nuha Mohsin Dhahi*, Ahmed Thare Hani and Muwafaq Obayes Khudhair

The purpose of this paper is to identifying the mental perception (the visual dimension, the auditory dimension, the sensory-kinesthetic dimension, the emotional dimension) of the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs , identifying the sports confidence (the ability of the athlete to manage himself, the ability of the athlete to cope with the pressures, the vibration of the potential of the athlete, the ethics of the athlete) for the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs , identifying the motivation of sports achievement (the motivation for achieving success, the motivation for avoiding failure) among the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs , identifying the relationship of mental perception with the motivation of sports achievement among the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs, and identifying the relationship of mental perception and sports confidence with the motivation of sports achievement among the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs. The researchers used the descriptive survey method due to its suitability to the nature and objectives of the problem. The researchers selected the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs, which are participating in the sports season 2021-2022 AD, and their number is (400) players representing (20), which are (Al-Zawraa, Amanat Baghdad, Al-Talaba, Al-Sinaa, Al-Naft, Naft Al-Basra, Naft Al-Wasat, Naft Al-Wasat, Najaf , Al-Kahraba, Al-Karkh, Al-Qasim, Al-Diwaniyah, Al-Mina, Samarra, Al-Shorta, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Newroz, Zakho, Erbil), and (8) players from the Industry Club were approved as a reconnaissance sample that was excluded from the work sample, and thus the work sample reached (392) players . One of the most important results reached by the researcher is that: There is a significant correlation between the mental perception scale and the sport achievement motivation scale for the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs, and there is a significant correlation between the dimensions of the mental perception scale (after the visual perception, after the auditory perception, after the sensory-kinesthetic perception, after the emotional perception) with the dimensions of the sport achievement motivation scale (the motivation for achieving success, the motivation for avoiding failure) among the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs. One of the most important recommendations recommended by the researchers is that: Emphasizing the importance of the mental perception of the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs, and emphasizing the importance of sports confidence for the players of the Iraqi Premier League football clubs.