Physical – Motional Intelligence and its Relation to Some Basic Basketball Skills

Abstract

Intelligence is a gift granted by God to man which enables him to behave reasonably , face life situations and adjust himself to them. In general , intelligence is needed by the sportsmen in different sport competitions whether in groups or individually .Physical – Motional intelligence , with in the scope of multi intelligence theory , is held important in physical education . It means the individuals' ability to use his senses in a way which causes active physical movement in different conditions . As for basketball , it is a group game which has its own methods and specific rules. The importance of this paper stems from the importance physical –motional intelligence has for basketball practitioners. However , having an idea about the degree of this intelligence and its relation to some basic basketball skills is of use to help developing sportsmen and trainers alike. The trainers are enabled to use suitable exercises meant to raise the sportsmen's psychological , skillful and planning level. This makes the researchers measure the physical –motional intelligence of sportsmen in order to have an idea about its relation to some basic basketball skills .The descriptive approach is used then in form of correlated relations to cope with the study problem. The sample is chosen deliberately of 15 basketball players (16-18) years old from Diyala Educational team for basketball. The paper procedures-used physical-motional intelligence measurement as well as testing of some skills within the study process. It is concluded that there is immaterial relation between physical–motional intelligence and some skills of ball handling, dribble and shooting.