The most important cognitive and motor abilities and their relationship with skill performance and motor satisfaction of freestyle swimming among college students

Abstract

The research aims to identify the level of cognitive and motor abilities, skill performance, and motor satisfaction levels among female students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Sulaimani. And also to identify the type of relationship between the most important cognitive abilities and the level of skill performance and motor satisfaction in freestyle swimming and in the research sample. And to identify the type of relationship between the most important motor abilities and the level of skill performance and motor satisfaction in freestyle swimming and in the research sample. The researcher used the descriptive approach using the correlational method. The research community was determined to be 32 female students from the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Sulaimani. After excluding those who practiced, were absent, and participated in the exploratory experiment, which numbered 5 female students. The research sample number became 27 students, and the researcher used a number of devices, tools, and means of collecting information. Then, the research variables and appropriate tests were determined to measure them, and exploratory experiments and the main experiment were conducted. The data were processed using appropriate specialized methods (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient).