الكلمات المفتاحية: تمرينات خاصة ، التصور العقلي ، كرة القدم Special exercises for mental visualization and their impact on some basic skills of young football players

Abstract

It was necessary for those concerned with sports in general and football in particular to pay attention to psychological sciences and their close relationship with achieving victories and winning matches because the player who possesses motor and technical skills and physical abilities needs mental skills or mental abilities in order to take advantage of all his capabilities to reach the training form And winning, and that the exploitation of all the capabilities that the player has depends on the efficiency and ability of the skilled specialized coach who is able to control his players, guide them and teach them how to take advantage of their physical abilities through mental abilities, considering it as a supporting and complementary part.

The researcher noticed, through his experience in training and his continuous follow-up to the youth teams, the lack of training curricula on mental training, which greatly benefits the young player in knowing the merits and details of basic football skills and trying to visualize these skills during exercises and link them to similar playing situations in official matches, and in order to develop the training process The researcher believes that it is necessary to use different modern methods accompanying the skill education, and one of these methods is the use of mental visualization, which adds to the young player’s experiences and helps to achieve more knowledge and understanding of the performance of motor skills.

The aim of the research is to know the effect of using a training curriculum with mental visualization on some basic skills of young football players. The researcher assumed that training using a training method with mental visualization positively affects some basic skills of young football players.

The sample of the research was the youth players of the Karbala Sports Club under (19) years, the work in it continued for the period from 5/5/2021 to 19/7/2021, on the Karbala Sports Club stadium.