Efectos de la aplicación de programas psicológicos en relación al rendimiento físico y habilidades motrices específicas en jugadores de academias formativas de fútbol en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

The objective of this research is to define the effect of the application of two psychological programs on the physical performance and specific motor skills of young people from soccer academies in the city of Cuenca by proposing relationships and comparisons. The age of the participants is between 12 and 16 years old and they are from 2 clubs of formative divisions of the city of Cuenca. It is a quantitative methodology intervention with a quasi-experimental approach with a correlational-causal scope. The variables of this study are physical performance, specific motor skills and finally psychological skills. First, the soccer players underwent an initial evaluation to assess psychological skills, physical performance and specific motor skills, then two psychological preparation programs were applied and finally a final evaluation of the variables initially taken. Based on these variables, all the results were tabulated and successfully analyzed, thus proving the positive effect that the two psychological programs had on our variables, thus fulfilling our objectives. The results of the study show a significant improvement in the psychological skills of sports performance having an effect on physical performance and specific motor skills in soccer, which show statistically significant changes in each test. It is thus concluded that there is a correlation between the variables raised in the study.