أثر تمرينات ذهنية تخصصية في تطوير بعض القدرات العقلية لحكام الدرجة الأولى بكرة القدم

Abstract EN

The game of football is the first popular game in the world for a long time, as people have taken care of it because of its benefit, excitement and suspense, so the specialists in this game have worked to use all means and methods in order to develop and succeed this game in order to remain the first game, so it took a place it is prominent among the rest of the sports, and the mental abilities have an important role in the performance of the referees and the development happening to them due to their close connection with the sound decisions taken by these referees in most matches and thus avoiding mistakes.

it was found that refereeing errors while leading football matches are related to (mental) variables, so the study aimed at the effect of using specialized mental exercises to develop some mental abilities of first-class referees in football, as well as knowing their impact on the study variables, while the researcher assumed that mental exercises have a positive impact.

in the development of some mental abilities of the first-class referees in football, and there are statistically significant differences between the pre and posttests of the two groups.

the researcher applied the experimental and control variables in developing the study variables, while the researcher followed the experimental method with two equal groups to suit the nature of the study.

the researcher applied his experience to a sample consisting of (20) judgments.

they represent the rulers of the first degree in Wasit, divided into two groups equally, as for the variables of the study that included some mental abilities (attention focus, kinesthetic perception, mental visualization), as well, and the researcher applied his mental exercises over a period of (8) weeks and with a rate of (3) units.

in the week and after the completion of the post tests, the researcher carried out the statistical manipulations using the SPSS program, and the researcher came up with several conclusions, the most important of which are: the experimental group outperformed the control group in all the tests under study in the post test, which indicates the effectiveness of mental exercises, and that attention to the mental aspect contributes significantly positively on the cognitive side, both of which are reflected in improving the level of refereeing performance, and that mental exercises are an important and helpful method that contributes effectively to learning some of the basic tasks of referees that serve the level of performance in general.