Psychological resilience and its relationship to tactical awareness among junior football players

The research objective: To identify the statistical relationship between psychological resilience and tactical awareness of young football players. The research sample underwent the psychological resilience and tactical awareness tests in football that were addressed in the research. The researcher assumed the existence of a statistically significant correlation between the psychological resilience and tactical awareness tests in football. The researcher used the descriptive method to suit the nature of the research. The study was conducted on a sample of junior football players from Al-Zawraa Sports Club for the 2025-2026 football season, representing the 15-17 age group, totaling 24 players, constituting 75% of the original research population. They were selected purposively. The SPSS statistical package was used for the following statistical analyses: percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient. The researcher concluded that the psychological resilience test demonstrated a significant correlation with the tactical awareness test in football when comparing test results.