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The effect of a proposed relaxation training program on psychological stress among team sports players in Palestine

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Haroun Tafech,Mohamed Sami Bouzid,Mahmoud H.H ALatrash,Sabri Gaied Chortane,Rachid Sakli

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The current study aimed to identify the effect of the proposed training program for relaxation on the psychological pressures of team sports team players for the experimental group, as well as to identify the effect of the traditional training program on the psychological pressures of team sport team players for the control group, as well as to determine the differences on the post-measurement of psychological stress between members of the two groups. (experimental and control). The researcher used the experimental method and one of its forms, the pre- and post-measurements, for the experimental and control groups to suit the objectives of the study. The study was conducted on a purposive sample of (30) players from team sports teams in Palestine. One of the most important findings of the study is that there are statistically significant differences at the significance level (α≤ 0.05) between the averages of the pre- and post-measurements, in favor of the post-measurement, in the total score of psychological stress and all its fields. There are also statistically significant differences at the significance level (α≤ 0.05). ) between the means of the pre- and post-measurements and in favor of the post-measurement in the areas of psychological pressures related to (sporting competition, psychological characteristics of players, family and social life, and the public). One of the most important recommendations reached by the researcher is to focus on teaching players how to benefit from the use of psychological programs in the period preceding the start of the match, through multiple methods in this field so that the best results can be achieved.

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