Follow-up tests for motor abilities and special skills to evaluate the performance of the players of the National Center for Sports Talent Care in football in Baghdad.

Abstract

The role of the science of measurement and testing has emerged as an evaluation tool in the sports field because it is one of the sciences on which the science of sports training is based, which plays an important and fundamental role in identifying the level of development of the player, and then knowing the extent to which the coach achieves his goals within his training circle. Therefore, the need has emerged today for tests that are more realistic and accurate in measuring the level of training status for the requirements of the games. The importance of the research lies in evaluating the performance of the players of the National Center for Sports Talent Care in football by conducting follow-up tests that lead to knowing their level of motor and skill abilities, as the researcher sees through his definition of the research problem, where the researcher conducted interviews with the talent center coaches and found that there is no evaluation tool in the hands of the coach to follow up the players’ performance. The National Center for Nurturing Sports Talent in Football with Special Motor and Skills Abilities. The study aimed to determine the special motor and skill abilities to evaluate the performance of the players of the National Center for Nurturing Sports Talent in football and to identify the level of players’ performance in the motor and skill abilities of the players of the National Center for Nurturing Sports Talent in football. According to the follow-up tests and identifying the differences between the results of the follow-up tests for the motor and skill abilities of the members of the research sample and finding the standard levels for evaluating the performance of the players of the National Center for Nurturing Sports Talent in Football, the descriptive approach was chosen in follow-up studies to suit the research problem. As for the research population and sample, the research community was limited to the players of the National Center for Nurturing Sports Talent in Football in Baghdad. Their number reached (90) players, and the research sample was chosen intentionally, and they numbered (20) players from the Baghdad center, and the exploratory experiment sample (5) players. The research procedures included determining the motor and skill abilities associated with the research variables from the experts in the field of testing and measurement in football, as well as choosing tests that measure the abilities for the research variables. Follow-up tests were conducted three times, and the time difference was 4 weeks between one measurement and another. The researcher used the statistical package (SPSS) for statistical processing, and he reached a set of conclusions and recommendations. The most prominent conclusions are: It was shown that follow-up tests have the ability to measure the training status of the players of the National Center for Sports Talent Welfare, and that follow-up tests have the ability to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the players of the National Center for Sports Talent in football. It became clear to the researcher that all the skill abilities under study had developed at different rates, and the recommendations were to pay attention to follow-up tests and include them within the annual curriculum of the National Center for Sports Talent and pay attention to follow-up tests through tests for each training period so that coaches discover the strengths and weaknesses of the players in the physical, motor and skill aspects. It is necessary to pay greater attention to the physical and movement aspects and focus on the abilities related to the game of football, as well as to conduct a follow-up study of other games.