The purpose of this paper isto identifying the degrees of the dimensions of the sports anxiety scale (facilitating anxiety and crippling anxiety) among young basketball players in school sports teams, and identifying the type of relationship between the dimensions of the sports anxiety scale (facilitating anxiety and crippling anxiety) with the skills of young basketball players in school sports teams.The two researchers used the descriptive approach in the survey method for its suitability to the objectives of the study.The research sample was represented by the young basketball players of the school sports teams (2017-2018), which numbered (108) players, who were chosen in a deliberate way.One of the most important results reached by the researcher is that : The existence of a significant difference (facilitating anxiety) youth basketball skills for Baghdad governorate clubs in the cases of high or low degree of dimension, the presence of teams with a moral significance (Crippling anxiety) skills in youth basketball for Baghdad governorate clubs, and there is a significant difference between the total score (sports anxiety scale) with the two skills in basketball for youth for Baghdad governorate clubs.One of the most important recommendations recommended by the researchers is that: Necessity of paying attention to the findings of the current study of the importance of knowing the degree of sports anxiety for each player and the extent of its impact on skill performance in basketball, necessity of conducting similar studies to identify the type of relationship between sports anxiety and offensive and defensive skills in basketball, which were not addressed in the current study, and necessity of conducting similar studies that deal with other psychological variables that were not addressed in the current study, and try to find out the relationship with basic skills in basketball and in both sexes

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