The Effect of a Proposed Psychological Program with Mental Imagery on the Competitive Performance of the Football Team Players at Yarmouk University

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the effect of a proposed psychological program with mental imagery on the competitive performance of the football team players at Yarmouk University ) 2021-2022). The researchers used the experimental method, and the study sample consisted of (18) players who were randomly divided into two groups: The experimental group applied the proposed mental imagery program in addition to the regular training program. As for the control group, they applied the regular training program alone. The study tool consisted of the competitive behavior scale (Harris, 1984), which was arabized by (Allawi, 1998), where the scale consisted of (20) phrases, and the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, paired sample T-test and Independent sample T-test were used. The stability coefficient was calculated using Cronbach's Alpha method, and the repetition stability (Test. R. test) by Pearson correlation coefficient was used. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the pre- and post- measurements for the experimental group in favor of the post measurement, and that there were no statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-measurements of the control group, while there are statistically significant differences in the post measurement between the control and experimental groups and in favor of the members of the experimental group.