Muscat,(ONA) - The psychological and physiological assessment before returning to training course began today, organized by the Oman Olympic Academy and the Oman Olympic Committee, via video conferencing in cooperation with Sultan Qaboos University, with the participation of 28 coaches from various sports associations and committees.

The importance of this course is to ensure the player's psychological and physical readiness before returning to training, especially after stopping training for long periods due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

The course aims to identify the psychological and mental preparation of the players to return to training and deal with precautionary measures, and to know how to prepare the training environment to protect players, and the extent of the impact of the interruption of training on the functions of the body systems. The course also aims to familiarize the participants with the basic principles of sports training, and to evaluate physical abilities after the training break.

Dr. Majid bin Saeed Al-Busafi, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physical Education at Sultan Qaboos University, Dr. Radwan Al-Sassi and Dr. Ali Al-Yarbi from the same department delivered lectures in the course. The course targets athletes’ trainers in sports association and committees, sports clubs and military sports, higher education institutions and those interested in sports training in the Sultanate.

The course includes many topics, including the mental and psychological dimensions of the player, the application of a mental and psychological readiness test before returning to training, the effect of discontinuation from training on the functions of the body systems, in addition to the basic principles of sports training.

(ONA)