Anxiety and its relationship to psychological hesitation among young football players

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identifying sports anxiety and psychological hesitation among young football players and identifying the relationship between sports anxiety and psychological hesitation among young football players. The sample was selected from the original community consisting of (35) players from the youth of Najaf Sports Club for the sports season (2022-2023) so that its percentage (90.56%) of the parent community, and those who were included in the exploratory experiment (5) randomly selected players from the parent community, where they constitute (9.44%), were excluded from the mathematical anxiety scale (facilitator and handicapped).  Where this test aims to identify the extent to which anxiety contributes to the improvement or decrease in the level of the athlete's performance in the different sports levels. Applies to me completely, applies to me sometimes, does not apply to me, does not apply to me completely Positive expressions (1,2,3,4,5) and negative ones on the contrary. The most important conclusions of the study showed that sports anxiety was medium and slightly above average, which are natural differences among young football players. And the different degrees of sports anxiety and psychological hesitation according to the level of psychological preparation for each team