Psychological endurance and its relationship to the effectiveness of performance of some defensive skills for elite handball league players

Abstract

The research aims at prepare a scale for psychological endurance among elite handball league players, to identify the type of relationship between psychological endurance and the effectiveness of performance of some defensive skills for elite handball league players. The researchers adopted the descriptive approach using the survey method and correlational relationships to suit the nature of the research. The research sample consisted of three clubs from the elite handball league participating in the 2023-2024 sports season. The research sample was deliberately selected for players from the clubs (Al-Hashd, Al-Talaba, Al-Karkh) with (54) players. The goalkeepers were excluded from the work sample as well as the players who did not participate at all in the matches, so the work settled on (38) players. The sample was divided into a sample of the exploratory experiment, numbering (4) players, and a sample for preparing the scale and application, numbering (34) players. The researcher (Hussein, 2004) used the psychological endurance scale, which consists of (33) phrases. To complete the steps of preparing the study scale, the scientific foundations were used to prepare the scale, as the researchers conducted a statistical analysis of the scale phrases. Then, the researchers, along with the assistant work team, applied the scale and performance effectiveness to the research sample, which numbered (34) players. The researchers concluded that 33 phrases were prepared, distributed over 6 areas, for the psychological endurance scale for elite handball league players. The results showed the significance of psychological endurance for elite handball league players using the scale that was presented to them, and the existence of a significant correlation between performance effectiveness and the psychological endurance scale for some defensive skills for elite handball league players. The importance of psychological endurance in enhancing players' performance in defensive aspects, which enhances their ability to achieve positive results in matches.