The Most Common Sports Injuries Among Soccer Players In The Palestinian NBA

The purpose of this study was to identify the most common injuries among soccer players in the Palestinian league for professionals, In terms of the nature of injury, the location of injury، the type of injury, the severity of injury, the injury of a player, the occurrence of injury، the time of injury, and the cause of injury according to (the player experience, the player position, the player participation, and the player age) variables. To achieve that, the study was conducted on a random sample consisted of (135) soccer players in palestinian league for professionals. SPSS program was used for the data analysis after the data collection. The results revealed that: - The most common injuries among soccer players in the Palestinian league for professionals according to the nature of injury was the muscles injury (72) injuries (47.37%), while the neck and upper arm injuries were the least prevalent (0%). Also, the most common type of sports injuries among the soccer players was the muscle tear (50) injuries (32.26%), followed by cramp (34) injuries (21.93%), and then the bruises (20) injuries (12.90%), while the shoulder dislocation and muscle contraction were the least common types of sports injuries among the players (6) injuries (3.88%).There were no significant differences among soccer players in (the nature of injury, the location of injury, the type of injury, the severity of injury, the injury of a player, and the cause of injury) according to the player experience variable, but the significant differences were found among players in (the occurrence of injury and the time of injury) according to this variable.There were no significant differences among soccer players in (the nature of injury, the location of injury, the type of injury, the severity of injury, the injury of a player, the occurrence of injury, the time of injury, and the cause of injury) due to the player position and the player age variables. - Based on the study findings, the researcher recommended several recommendations where the most important was the necessity of focus on the warm up before the training and competitions, the development of physical fitness components, and renounce violence and recklessness and the application of fair play.