The effectiveness of a program based on the mind-liberation strategy in enhancing self-reflection among football players

The study aimed to design a program based on the strategy of mind liberation for football players at Al-Karama Academy, to construct a self-reflection scale, and to examine the effectiveness of the program in enhancing self-reflection. It also sought to identify differences between the experimental and control groups in post-tests of the self-reflection variable. To achieve these objectives, the researcher hypothesized the existence of statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests of the experimental group using the mind liberation program, as well as significant differences between the experimental and control groups in the post-test. The experimental method was adopted due to its suitability for the nature of the study. The findings confirmed the effectiveness of the mind liberation program, the validity of the self-reflection scale, and the presence of individual differences in favor of the post-test results for the experimental group, while no significant differences were observed in the control group. Moreover, the experimental group outperformed the control group in self-reflection in the post-tests. Based on these results, the researcher recommended applying the mind liberation program in other academies, generalizing the findings to sports players, and adopting the self-reflection scale developed for football players at Al-Karama Academy in Nineveh Governorate.