أثر تطبيق برنامج الاسترخاء العقلي العضلي على الأداء المهاري و خفض قلق المنافسة لدى لاعبي كرة اليد

Abstract EN

the study aimed to know the effect of the mental-muscle relaxation program on the skill performance and reducing the competition anxiety among the handball players.

The sample study included 18 players, and it was divided into 7 players for the experimental group and 7 players for the witness group.

4 players was eliminated because they participated in the firest stady.

The researcher applied a program consisting of exercises muscle and mental relaxation together, where before the start of the training science, contained muscle relaxation on two types of relaxation self-relaxation and alternative relaxation, and mental relaxation with positive self-talk and stop ideas.

There were significant differences between the first test and post tests of the experimental sample in terms of competition anxiety and skill performance, in favor of the post tests and statistical differences between the results of the experimental sample and the witness sample, in favor of the experimental sample for competition anxiety and skill performance.

while the witness sample did not record any significant differences between the ferst and final results in terms of facing competition anxiety and skill performance.

Key words: Mental-muscular relaxation; skill performance; competition anxiety.