Abstract:
The study aimed at identifying the level of integrating mental skills in
the training unit among the Jordanian coaches and their attitudes towards it.
Also, the study aimed at identifying the level of integration according to the
training experience and the kind of sport )individual, collective(. The sample
of study consisted of )88( coaches of different grades who participated in the
courses of the National Program for preparing the Jordanian coaches during
the period from 30/4 to 8/11/2016 and they were selected according to the
deliberate method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher set
up a tool for this purpose. The results showed that the Jordanian coaches
have strong positive attitudes toward the mental skills. At the same time, the
results showed a small percentage of the Jordanian coaches who listed the
training of mental skills in their annual plan. Further, the results indicated
that the level of integrating the mental skills in the training units is very low
since all the mental skills were found at a very low level, except for the skill
of visualization, which came at a low level. The researcher recommended
that Jordanian coaches should activate the training of mental skills and use
the current study tool to assess the level of integration of these skills in their
training.