Motivation in Sport

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Motivation in Sport

• The desire to participate and perform well

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Types of Motivation

• Intrinsic Motivation
• Internal comes from inside the performer
• Extrinsic Motivation
• External comes from the result of some external
  influence
• Performers can be motivated by a combination of
  both of these types of motivation

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Internal Motivation

• Internal
• Self motivation
• For the performers own personal reasons i.e.
  Fun, losing weight, getting fit, beating
  opponents, satisfaction in performing well, to
  meet personal goals etc.
• Often associated with performers not at the top
  level who just love playing their sport.
• Can be associated with elite performers who enjoy
  the competition.

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External Motivation

• External
• Comes from outside the performer
• Winning cups/trophies
• Money
• Personal glory/fame

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Extrinsic Motivation

• Teachers and coaches may use extrinsic methods of
  motivation
• i.e. Swimming/athletics/gymnastics awards
• GCSE PE Examination grades
• Make sure you can give some good examples of
  intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for the exam.

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Goal Setting

• Helps to increase motivation
• Aiming to achieve lots of small, manageable goals
  can be motivating
• Achieving goals gives a feeling of satisfaction.
• Can reduce levels of anxiety
• Particularly in novice performers
• Goals focussed on smaller parts of the
  performance seem more manageable and less
  threatening than trying to work on the whole
  performance.

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SMARTER GOAL SETTING

• Specific
• Very clear goal. Not a vague desire to improve
• Measurable
• Easy standards to measure progress against
• Accepted
• Agreed by both performer and coach
• Realistic
• It must be possible to achieve
• Time Related
• Within a stated time period to provide focus
• Exciting
• Motivating and interesting
• Recorded
• All the results are recorded to monitor progress
  and achievements.

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Types of Goal

• Process Goals
• Concerned with improvements in technique and
  skills and tactics
• Target Goals
• Concerned with specific outcomes of the
  performance i.e. achieving a personal best time
  for the 100m, or scoring a certain number of
  goals in a season.

Both types of goal may be used at the same time.
i.e. to improve a PB distance in the long jump a
performer would have to work on his technique.