The Effect of Psychological Skills on Female Futsal Players Selected Sport Performance

The current research assessed the effect of psychological skills on female futsal players’ sport performances. Out of eight futsal Super League teams in Tehran in 1391, two groups were selected randomly: control and experimental. The pretest was conducted through observation (filming) and the analysis was based on the athletic performance checklist of Thelwell et al (2006). Then, psychological skills program was administered in the experimental group in 30 sessions which consisted of goal-setting, relaxation, mental imagery, attention control, and self-talk. The posttest was taken after 4 months of intervention and two months later, the follow-up test. The data was analyzed using one way ANCOVA test. The results indicated that practicing psychological skills led to the improvement of performance qualitative level significantly, especially in pass, shoot, catch, keep and control. The effect of psychological interventions was significant not only in protest but also in the follow-up.