The Level of Tactical Skills amongst Basketball and Soccer Players in The West Bank -Palestine

The Purpose of this study was to identify the level of tactical skills amongst basketball and soccer Players in the West Bank Palestine, In addition ,it seeks to détermine the différences in the level of tactical skills according to game, experience, qualification and club classification variable. To achieve the aim of the study, (309) from players in basketball and soccer league in the West Bank were randomly selected of varing degrees (excellant, first, second)in the sports season (2013-2014) in the West Bank, which represents 20% of the population of the study. (Elferink-etal,2004,A) Scale was used to measure the level of tactical skills that includes (4) domains: knowing about ball actions,knowing about others, positioning and deciding, acting in changing situations. Means, standard deviation, percentage, independent )t( test and )ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. The study reached the following conclusions: Statisticcally significant differences exist at the variable level (α= 0.05) in the tactical skills at clubs for basketball and , Soocer players in the West Bank . Palestine . Most of these differences were in favour of experienced, that is the most experienced players (ten years and more) were placed in the top. As for differences relevant to the academic qualifications, domains in knowing about others, acting in changing situations and the total level of all domains were in favour of holders of bachelor degree or higher . the results for the variable relevant the club class in all domains are in favour of first – class basketball and , Soocer professional players. Baced on the findings of this study the researcher proposes some recommendations, most importantly, circulating the conclusions of this study among coatches, clubs and Palestinian associations. Another thing is adopting the standard of tactical skills for players as well as all other categories in sports game. Key words: Tactical Skills, Soocer, Basketball.