Mental alertness and its relationship to the accuracy of the penalty kick for Babylon futsal players

Abstract

   Football is one of the team games that depends on multiple aspects, including physical, mental, physical, psychological and skill, and one of its skills is the skill of scoring the penalty kick, one of the most basic skills in football and the most important of all during the match, and its mastery is a matter of great importance, as it has a role in resolving football matches the foot. Through the experience of the researchers and their work in the field of futsal football, it is believed that most of the theoretical readings confirmed the existence of a state of mental alertness. Mindfulness is one of the important mental processes that result in a good reaction. The performance of various skills requires high attention. Executing the penalty kick in the goal needs focus. Towards the scoring angle that must be determined by the player as well, finding the right solutions to the motor duties requires a good focus.

The study was conducted on a sample of (60) representing the players of the Babylon Governorate clubs in futsal 2021-2022. The research aims to identify the measurement of mental alertness and scoring accuracy among futsal football players. And to identify the relationship between (mental alertness and the accuracy of the penalty kick scoring for the futsal players by analyzing the course of the relationship between them, the researchers measured the mental alertness of the players and then conducted a test of the accuracy of the penalty kick scoring in futsal, and after collecting the data they were processed statistically as the researchers used the descriptive approach The correlational relationships are related to the nature of the problem and access to scientific facts. The researchers came out with the following conclusions that there is a weakness in the accuracy of penalty kick scoring for futsal players, and there is a strong direct correlation between mental alertness and the accuracy of penalty kick scoring for futsal players.