Psychological hesitation and its relation to the accuracy of football goal scoring among first-year students at the College of physical education and sports science - Al-Mustansiriyah University

Abstract

The significance of this research lies in its focus on the psychological factor, which is one of the important and influential factors in the accuracy of goal scoring. The research problem involved identifying the level of influence of the psychological factor on football players, as football is a sport beloved by many people. The research aimed to understand the relationship between psychological frequency and the skill of scoring accuracy in football. To achieve this, we selected a purposive sample consisting of 22 players from the students of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Al-Mustansiriya University, out of a total of 30 players, making the sample 73% of the total original population. The researcher used a descriptive method with a survey approach as it was suitable for the nature of the research. The researcher concluded that there is a variation between the level of psychological frequency and the accuracy of goal scoring among football players and that there is no significant difference between psychological frequency and scoring accuracy in football due to the lack of attention to the psychological aspect.