THE EFFECT OF PSYCOLOGICAL SKILL TRAİNİNG ON BALANCE COMPETENCE IN AMATEUR MALE FOOTBALLERS

Abstract

The aim of the study: It was aimed to analyze the effect of 8-weeks psychological skill training on balance competence. 30 amateur footballers within the body of Sanliurfa Atilim Academy Sport Club took part in the study. Star Excursion balance test and flamingo balance test were used  in measuring the balance the ability of the footballers. Spss 25.00 statistical package program was used and man-whitney u test and wilcoxon signed rank tests were used in analyzing the data. With 8-weeks pba  training ıt was observed that there was difference in the balance levels of experimental group compared to  control group (p<0,01). To sum up, it was found that psychological skill training in football affects the balance levels.