The relations of attention focus with the accuracy of short and medium football handling among Sulaymaniyah Junior players

علاقة تركيز الانتباه بدقة المناولة القصيرة والمتوسطة بكرة القدم للاعبي نادي السليمانية فئة الناشئين

Abstract

The research aims to identify the relationship between  attention  focus and short and medium handling in football.The researcher used the descriptive method in the survey method to address a research problem. The research was conducted on a sample represented by  junior  players  in Sulaimaniya Football Club for the football season 2018/2019 ,a total of  (14) players. The researcher used the (Bardoun-Anfimov) test of modified attention by (Abdel-Jawad Taha 1972 to measure the  attention focus), as well as the bounce handling test to measure the accuracy of short handling and the ball pass test for a distance of 20 m to measure the accuracy of  medium passes in football.                               

After conducting a presentation and discussion of the results, the researcher concluded that there is a significant correlation between the attention focus and short handling skills tests, while there is no correlation between the attention focus  and medium handling in football.