Psychological effects of social distancing, its relation with team cohesion among football players

The researchers aimed to identify :- Knowing psychological effects relationship between social distancing and achievement motivation among football players .Research hypothesis :There is a statistically significant relationship between psychological effects of social distancing and achievement motivation in research sample . The researchers used descriptive approach that cuase its suitable and nature of research .The research society consisted football clubs players of second and third level in Nineveh government that been selected regularly . The research sample consisted ( 306) players represented ( 14 ) clubs from second and third level in Nineveh government . The researchers conducted an exploratory experiment by using this scale on sample consisted (54) players represented clubs from second and third level in Nineveh government .The researchers used Statistical package ( spss ) to have Mean , standard deviation , Test ( T ) for two independent samples , Pearson correlation coefficient . The resulted of research showed that there are statistically significant differences in the level of social distancing and achievements motivation , the researchers recognized the existence of significant differences between the psychological effects of social distancing with achievement motivation among the research sample. The researchers recommended to reduce the psychological effects of social distancing among players by adhering to preventive measures and motivating them through the media, as well as supporting them financially and morally, which has repercussions on the players' achievement motivation and team cohesion . Keywords: Psychological effects of social distancing , achievement motivation , and football .