The effect of a psychological counseling program on the mental alertness of young players for the foil fencer

Abstract

The research aimed to prepare a mental alertness scale for young fencing players, prepare a psychological counseling approach based on mental alertness in fencing, and identify the impact of the psychological counseling program on mental alertness among fencing players, so that the researcher assumes that there are no statistically significant differences between the results of pre- and post-tests for mental awakening among the research sample, and the experimental approach was adopted by designing one experimental group on a sample of young blinds players in fencing from young fencing clubs for the sports season (2022/2023) Their total number (67) players, all of whom train at the Fencing Sports Talent School, This sample was deliberately chosen in a procedural manner after the survey with the mental alertness scale for fencing players, as their number reached (9) fencers by (13.433%) of their original community, and the researcher also prepared this scale according to methodological procedures and statistical treatments to suit the privacy of the research and sampled, and then preparing the psychological counseling program based on mental alertness and experimental on the fencers specified for the experimental guidance group over a period of (6) consecutive weeks by one counseling session per week, as the experimentation began by applying the scale with pre-tests on  Sunday (5/3/2023) and then the application of the sports psychological counseling program for the period from (7/3/2023) to (11/4/2023), and on Tuesday of each week, and the end of experimentation by applying the scale with post-tests on Sunday (16/4/2023), Then processing the results with the (SPSS) system to be the conclusions and applications that the mental alertness scale for fencing players is suitable for what was prepared for him and enjoys the foundations and scientific transactions of the psychometric measurement tool in sports psychology, and the preparation of the guidance program based on the development and improvement of mental alertness in fencing is suitable for young blind weapon players in the sport of fencing for young fencing clubs, and the application of the psychological counseling program helps in improving mental alertness among young blinds weapon players, and it is necessary to pay attention to counseling programs that are concerned with improving the level of  Mental aspects in academic research in sports psychology because of their positive returns for players.