Psychological stress and its relationship to the accuracy of shooting in the three-pointer skill of basketball players

Abstract

   The research aims to identify the relationship between psychological pressures and shooting accuracy in the three-point shot skill for basketball players by identifying the psychological pressures associated with the psychological characteristics of the players. The researchers used the descriptive approach because it is appropriate for the nature of this study. The researchers selected a random sample of (60) basketball players in the clubs participating in the Iraqi Basketball League (Kahraba, Police, Dijlah University, Popular Mobilization, Samawah, Hilla, North Oil, North Gas, Darbandikhan, Air Defense, Karkh, Zakho). The researchers relied on the psychological pressure scale as a basic tool for collecting data. One of the most important conclusions was the construction of a psychological pressure scale for basketball players, which includes six axes. (Psychological pressures associated with the psychological characteristics of players, psychological pressures associated with time management and organization, psychological pressures associated with training, pressures associated with sports competition, psychological pressures associated with the media, psychological pressures associated with the technical and administrative apparatus) for basketball players of clubs participating in the Iraqi Basketball League, and one of the most important recommendations was to use the scale that the researcher reached as a scientific means to measure the psychological pressures of basketball players