Psychological Endurance and its relation with skill performance of some players in excellent soccer clubs

The researchers touched on the importance of psychological endurance among football players and its effective impact in raising the level of players’ abilities and preparations to reach the athlete and the team to a high level of sporting achievement within league competitions. The aim of the research is to reveal the psychological endurance of players of some Iraqi Premier League football clubs, and its relationship to skill performance. Because psychological endurance is one of the most important psychological factors and certainly plays an important and fundamental role in preparing players and has a significant impact on the skill performance of football players, the researchers assume the existence of a significant correlation. Statistical significance between psychological endurance and skill performance among Premier League football players. The researchers used the descriptive approach in the form of correlational relationships because it is compatible with the nature of the research. The research community was identified with the Premier League football clubs in Iraq, which numbered (20) sports teams. The research sample was With teams of (7) clubs from Baghdad Governorate, divided into (15) players from each team, with a number of (105) players, and a percentage of (21%) from the research community who participate in the Iraqi Premier Football League for the season. (2024 - 2025), and they represent the research sample who were chosen deliberately. The researchers used a special means of measuring psychological endurance and a method of analyzing skill performance to reach the results of the research. The researchers concluded through the results of the research that Premier League players possess psychological endurance as for skill performance. It was also high among the research sample, and the results of this research clearly showed that there is a positive relationship between psychological endurance and skill performance among Premier League soccer players, and one of the most important recommendations of the researchers is Sports teams should be prepared psychologically at a high level during the preparation periods and expose the players to high-level matches with great psychological pressure, which helps to raise the state of psychological endurance and benefit from the players who have previously participated in the leagues. The researchers also recommend the necessity of using a research scale and also revealing the level of skill performance. As an effective means for the coach to identify the players’ psychological endurance and skill performance, and to conduct further studies on the aspect of psychological endurance and link it to the physical and tactical aspects of the players.