Some life skills of female wheelchair basketball players

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https://doi.org/10.15391/snsv.2022-3.002

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Purpose: the current study aimed to know the level of life skills of female wheelchair basketball players and statistical differences in the life skills of female wheelchair basketball players according to team affiliation.

Material & Methods: the study was conducted on female wheelchair basketball players, where the study sample amounted to 30 players. The life skills scale prepared by Al-Sutri (2007), which contains four dimensions, was adopted; the skill of communication, the skill of teamwork and cooperation, the skill of taking personal responsibility, and the skill of physical and technical.

Results: the results showed that the mean values of the life skills dimensions ranged between (3.40 and 4.18), and the mean value of the total score of the scale amounted to (3.80), which indicates there were a high degree of life skills. And there were no significant differences between female wheelchair basketball players according to team affiliation in the life skills.

Conclusions: it was found that the level of life skills of female wheelchair basketball players is high. It is very important to develop special sports programs that enhance the life skills of persons (male/female) with disabilities, considering the type and severity of the disability.

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2022-09-26

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Ayad, M. ., & Kenioua, M. . (2022). Some life skills of female wheelchair basketball players. Slobozhanskyi Herald of Science and Sport, 26(3), 71–74. https://doi.org/10.15391/snsv.2022-3.002

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