Gaber Hassanein, E., Hosny Amin, R. (2016). The Effect of Recreational Program on Developing Some Psychological Skills and Performance Level for Table Tennis Juniors. Journal of Applied Sports Science, 6(2), 73-79. doi: 10.21608/jass.2016.84558
Emam Gaber Hassanein; Rana Hosny Amin. "The Effect of Recreational Program on Developing Some Psychological Skills and Performance Level for Table Tennis Juniors". Journal of Applied Sports Science, 6, 2, 2016, 73-79. doi: 10.21608/jass.2016.84558
Gaber Hassanein, E., Hosny Amin, R. (2016). 'The Effect of Recreational Program on Developing Some Psychological Skills and Performance Level for Table Tennis Juniors', Journal of Applied Sports Science, 6(2), pp. 73-79. doi: 10.21608/jass.2016.84558
Gaber Hassanein, E., Hosny Amin, R. The Effect of Recreational Program on Developing Some Psychological Skills and Performance Level for Table Tennis Juniors. Journal of Applied Sports Science, 2016; 6(2): 73-79. doi: 10.21608/jass.2016.84558
The Effect of Recreational Program on Developing Some Psychological Skills and Performance Level for Table Tennis Juniors
1Faculty of Physical Education for Boys, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
2Faculty of Physical Education for Girls, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract
Scientific development became the main characteristic in all fields of life nowadays; physical education was forced to meet scientific development through new methods and integration between different sciences to reach high levels in the athletic field in general and table tennis in particular. Through the 2 researchers' observation and previous study results and according to their experience in recreation and table tennis and pilot studies results, it was found that training period formation in table tennis in most of clubs training programs, focus is only on physical and skillful aspects as psychological and recreational aspect is ignored, despite of this aspect importance, also this has a positive effect on players, as table tennis is an individual game, this requires the player to enjoy self-confidence, concentration, motivation and other skills enabling him to respond quickly to situations and variables he experiences during match which may, in turn affect skillful performance during match, as recreational activities receive not concern in training period and also some trainers ignore them despite their importance and the importance of developing psychological skills during sports season specially during preparing for their effective role in assisting in winning in match through the players self-confidence, from here it was focused on the study idea and subject, having recreational program and identifying its effects on developing some psychological skills and its relationship to table tennis juniors performance level.