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The Reality of Psychological Preparation in Third World Countries – Karate in Algeria as a Model

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Makhlouf Hesna,Nacerbey Karima,Ben Messaoud Zineb,Alouane Wissem,Touahria Nacer,Khedir Djamila,

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The research reported in this work is to shed light on the reality of psychological preparation among karate players, in this account, the study was conducted on (130) players from amateur sports (clubs). The research design adopted in this study draws on a descriptive approach, in this respect the tool employed in the field study is a questionnaire consisting of five axes, after collecting data and processing them with appropriate statistical methods, it was reached to karate players’ awareness concerning the importance of the psychological aspect in preparing for competitions so they have cognitive preparation and they lack emotional preparation as an aspect of psychological preparation, karate players are characterized by voluntary traits such as self-confidence, determination, building goals... etc., and they need to train psychological skills (concentration of attention, positive thinking, self-confidence), while the results indicated the presence of psychological skills related to mental perception, stress management, stress control and relaxation among karate players.

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