Psychological skills and its relationship with attributes of athletic motivation among basketball players in the young clubs in Duhok

The aim of this study find out significant differences in the level of psychological skills and motivational traits among basketball players, in terms of: age (14 to18), educational attainment, economic situation. The research aims to identify determine the distinctive psychological skills of basketball players. also to identify the determine the distinctive motivational features of basketball players, as well as Identify the relationship a correlation between psychological skills and motivational attributes of basketball players. The researcher used the descriptive approach for its relevance to the nature of the research. The research sample consists of (45) players basketball in emerging clubs (Dohuk, Zakho, and Sennacherib) in Dohuk. The researcher used the questionnaire skills mental designed by (Stefan Bull, John Albinson, and Christopher Shambrook) (1996) to measure some important mental (psychological) aspects of sports performance, and it includes the following dimensions: (ability to visualize, self-confidence, sports achievement motivation, ability to relax, ability to deal with anxiety, and ability to focus attention). The test includes 24 phrases, and each of the previously explained six dimensions is represented by (4) phrases, the athlete answers the test statements on a six-point scale, it was prepared and Arabized by Muhammad Hassan Allawi. Also the scale designed by Tenko and Richard contains (55) statements that measure (9) characteristics, which are: (responsibility, training attitude, aggression, design, motivation, self-confidence, leadership, hardness, and emotional control). Prepared and Arabized by Muhammad Hassan Allawi. The most important characteristics of sports motivation among basketball players were also identified. The reconnaissance experiment was conducted on Friday 19/3/2023 at eleven o'clock in the indoor basketball hall of the Duhok Sports Club in Dohuk Governorate. Psychological skills and attributes of athletic motivation traits are determined on a sample of (5) basketball players in the young clubs in Duhok, for the purpose of ascertaining the following: (knowing IV the difficulties and problems that the researcher may face, know the time taken, and ensure the efficiency of the resolution). The values were treated statistically by relying on the statistical package (SPSS) to extract (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and simple correlation coefficient of (Pearson), and the researcher concluded that there were similarities according to ( age, economic situation) in the psychological skills and motivational characteristics, which means that there is no significant difference between the average scores of the research sample among the athletes in the youth basketball clubs (Dohuk, Zakho, and Sennacherib) according to their ages and economic situation, Moreover, there were differences in educational attainment between the levels (secondary, Diploma) and in favor of secondary school, and this means that the secondary stage has psychological skills and motivational features among the athletes in the youth basketball clubs (Dohuk, Zakho, and Sennacherib). The results showed also, that the basketball players are distinguished by the following psychological skills: Motive achievement imagines skills psychological among youth basketball players, followed by (ability to visualize), then (self-confidence), then (relaxation skill), then (focusing attention), and finally confronting anxiety, as well as the results showed athletic motivational characteristics of youth basketball players were characterized by the following: (The situation training, responsibility, motivation, aggression, determination, toughness, self-confidence, leadership, and emotional control). Finally, The results showed positive relationships at the level of (0.01) and (0.05) between psychological skills and the dimensions of the mathematical motivational features, except for the skill of the ability to visualize and the ability to focus attention, the results showed that there is a negative relationship between these two skills and the trait of aggression, as the greater the ability of the player to use the skill of visualization and the skill of focusing attention during his performance, this led to his ability to confront and control his emotions and estimate His physical and skillful ability, which reduces the manifestation of aggression, which is a reaction to frustration and unsuccessful performance