The Relationship Performances of Footballers and Concordance (Compatibility) Level of Their Ego States and Positions in Their Team

The aim of this study is to present the relationship between the expected ego states (observed) of football players’ (footballers) positions in the team and level of ego states with their in-field performance. The sample of the research includes 103 football players whose positions are goalkeeper, mid-field players, defense players, back players and strikers and who play in Galatasaray, Trabzonspor and Gençlerbirliği in Super League and Samsunspor and Antalyaspor. Ego States Scale was applied to sportsmen taking part in the research as a part of Transactional Analysis Theory. In addition to this, they were made to fill Personal Information Form given by the Researcher. Football coaches were asked to fill Ego State Scale with respect to personal characteristics of the players that is required by their positions. Players were asked to fill the same Ego State Scale with respect to their own personal characteristics. Football coaches were also asked to fill Likert Scale with respect to performances of the players at match and training performances. When looked into the results of the research, agreement between expected (primary and secondary) ego states from the players in the positions in terms of the ego state that the position requires and observed (primary and secondary) ego state in terms of agreement; a statistically meaningful results were got from the goalkeeper, mid-field, back and defense positions. When we look into the positions of the football players in their team and their ego states and when it comes to the agreement (overlapping, correlation) between ego state that the position requires (expected) and observed ego situation, it was seen that the performances of the football players were better. When the position and the ego state were not agreeable, it was seen that the performance of the player was lower.

Keywords: Transactional Analysis, Ego State, Football, Position, Performance

The aim of this study is to present the relationship between the expected ego states (observed) of football players’ (footballers) positions in the team and level of ego states with their in-field performance. The sample of the research includes 103 football players whose positions are goalkeeper, mid-field players, defense players, back players and strikers and who play in Galatasaray, Trabzonspor and Gençlerbirliği in Super League and Samsunspor and Antalyaspor. Ego States Scale was applied to sportsmen taking part in the research as a part of Transactional Analysis Theory. In addition to this, they were made to fill Personal Information Form given by the Researcher. Football coaches were asked to fill Ego State Scale with respect to personal characteristics of the players that is required by their positions. Players were asked to fill the same Ego State Scale with respect to their own personal characteristics. Football coaches were also asked to fill Likert Scale with respect to performances of the players at match and training performances. When looked into the results of the research, agreement between expected (primary and secondary) ego states from the players in the positions in terms of the ego state that the position requires and observed (primary and secondary) ego state in terms of agreement; a statistically meaningful results were got from the goalkeeper, mid-field, back and defense positions. When we look into the positions of the football players in their team and their ego states and when it comes to the agreement (overlapping, correlation) between ego state that the position requires (expected) and observed ego situation, it was seen that the performances of the football players were better. When the position and the ego state were not agreeable, it was seen that the performance of the player was lower.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Transactional Analysis, Ego State, Football, Position, Performance