THE RELATION BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Through field experience of both researchers, as one of them is a trainer and the other in an international referee (Head of Referees Committee), after having professional players in the Iraqi league, they noticed that it is necessary for a professional player to find psychological security and stability. Due to the critical stage which Iraq witnesses; professional players have some fears from playing in the Iraqi league which may affect their psychological and mental security in competitions, so the researchers decided to study this issue and attempt to identify its reasons and find solutions. Goal of the Study: The study aims to identify the relation between psychological security and performance level of professional basketball players in the Iraqi premier league, season 2014 ? 2015. The researcher used descriptive surveying method as it is proper to the nature of the study. Sample of the study consists of (14 professional players of professional basketball players) as part of population of the study for the basketball league in season 2014 ? 2015 (20 players). Results were treated using some statistical methods (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and percentage and Pearson correlation coefficient). Among the most important conclusion: (achieving a great percentage of the study sample high level of psychological security in performance) and they recommended that it is important to determine levels of psychological security of professional basketball players.