The effect of a counseling program to develop learning motives for some soccer skills for students

Abstract

This paper aims to prepare a counselling program to develop learning motives and increase students’ eagerness to raise their self-confidence while entering the football field. The researchers used the descriptive method in the survey method and the experimental method in the two equal group methods. The research community included the students of the first stage of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences - Babylon University for the academic year (2020-2021), numbering (110) students. The research sample was divided into the exploratory sample, numbering (10) students, and the sample applying for the extension program, numbering (40) students, which was divided into (20) students from an experimental group and (20) students from a control group. Several conclusions were reached, including a low level of learning motivation among first-year students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences towards the performance of some skills on the football field, and the counselling program had a positive impact in developing learning motivation among first-year students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Babylon.