The Relationship between Mindfulness and SelfEfficacy and Its Impact on the Performance Level in Practicing the Front Crawl Swimming Skill of the Deaf Students Enrolled at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the University of Jordan

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between mindfulness and self-efficacy and its impact on the performance level in practicing the front crawl swimming skill of the deaf students enrolled at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the University of Jordan. The subjects consisted of 9 deaf students who were enrolled in the basic swimming skills at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the University of Jordan during the first semester of the academic year 2022-2023. The subjects along with their peers received 3 lectures per week. The duration of each lecture was 60 minutes over a period of 6 weeks during which the subjects (i.e., sampled students) learned the front crawl swimming skills. During the lectures, a translator recruited by the university communicated what the instructor said. After teaching the participants, their mindfulness and self-efficacy levels were measured using a survey that was assessed for its validity to meet the study's goals. Then, the respondents' front crawl swimming skills were assessed by swimming experts. The mean of the subjects' skills was calculated using SPSS software. It was found that the mindfulness and self-efficacy levels of the deaf students were moderate. It was also found that there was a positive relationship between mindfulness and self-efficacy from one hand and the performance level in practicing the front crawl swimming skill from another hand among the respondents. It was found that the performance level of the respondents' in practicing the front crawl swimming skill can be predicted based on the prediction equation. This equation was set by the researchers of the present study. It is based on the mindfulness and self-efficacy values. The findings indicate that more attention should be placed on increasing the mindfulness and self-efficacy levels of deaf students because both have a positive effect on the acquisition of swimming skills.