Abstract:

The present study aims to analyze football players’ percentages of shot on target and level of self-confidence in different leagues. The sample of the study consisted of 70 football players who regularly play in Tier 1, Tier 2 and Regional Amateur League in Yozgat province of Turkey. Football players’ demographic data were obtained using a “personal information form”. Participants’ shooting abilities were measured using shooting ability test, which is one of the sub-parameters of Mor-Christian football ability test. Participants’ levels of self-confidence, on the other hand, were measured using a self-confidence scale developed by Akın (2007). The obtained data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 18 package program. Normality test, frequency analysis, percentage analysis, arithmetic means, t test, ANOVA analyses and post-hoc tests were used for data analysis. The present study found statistically significant differences among football players’ total shot on target scores in terms of league level, monthly income, individual shooting training and individual fitness training (p < 0.05). However, no statistically significant differences were observed among football players’ total shots on target and self-confidence scale scores in terms of age, duration as a registered football player, being a registered athlete in another sports branch, playing position, preferred foot, history of serious injury and preferred football coach type (p > 0.05).

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