THE EFFECT OF THE SUBSTITUTE PLAYER ON THE LEVEL OF GROUP COHESION AND SELF-CONFIDENCE AMONG THE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYERS

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the impact of the substitute player on the level of collective cohesion and self -confidence from the team's point of view, and the researcher used the descriptive approach due to his suitability for the nature of the study, and the study community is one of the players of the football team for the Basra University team for the academic year 2021/2022, which number (22) A player, and the statistical analysis was conducted by the (SPSS) program and then the questionnaire that completed the conditions of response, which is (22) questionnaires, and thus the sample of the study reached (22) players representing the Basra University team in football. The results of the study showed that the impact of the alternative player on the performance level of the players of Basra University soccer team was significantly and a percentage (60.77%) for all areas of the substitute player's effect, and the field of the substitute player's influence came on the result of the match in the second degree and a percentage (75 .32%) It is considered a large degree, and the area of the goal of the switch in the third degree came in a percentage of (67.49%) and is considered a large degree.