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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"athletes' motivation"”.
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The Effect of Coach Expectations on Female Athletes' Motivation to Play
… coach expectations and behaviors on female athletes' intrinsic motivation to play softball. Qualitative methods in the form of structured, open-ended questions were used to enhance the data by examining athletes' perceptions of coaching behavior and changes in motivation and competence …
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Assessing Student-Athletes' Motivation: The Development and Validation of the MUSIC® Model of Athletic Motivation Inventory
Motivation is a key ingredient of successful athletic performance over time. Although the concept of maximizing motivation has long been of interest to coaches and practitioners, the vast number of motivational theories, principles, and strategies can seem overwhelming and confusing. Consequently, …
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Exploring their dark side or death before DNF: Ultra-athletes motivation to compete in and complete ultra-distance races
Athletes undertaking ultra-distance races, especially in ultra-running, are a growing phenomenon. These events are frequently held over demanding terrain, such as mountains or deserts, and can involve many metres of vertical ascent as well as hundreds of kilometres. There is an expanding body of …
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Assessing the Impact of Coaching Feedback Strategies on the Motivation and Performance of Elite Athletes
… with has a substantial impact on both the motivation and the performance of these athletes. Further, several studies have found that athletes’ motivation predicts sport performance. In order to optimize the performance of their athletes, coaches need to understand how various feedback …
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Excellence and Performance Improvement: The Goals and Standards Guiding Skill Development in USA Curling
… predictors of skill development activities in athletes. Athletes with higher levels of obsessive passion, where the activity overwhelmingly influences their psyche, reported slightly more frequent ( b = 0.26, p = .009) and marginally longer practice sessions ( b = 4.80, p = .091) compared to …
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Role of Inspiration in Increasing Situational Motivation in Male Team Athletes
Motivation and inspiration are often used superficially and synonymously in media coverage of sport. Sportscasters and reporters speculate about athlete motivation cite inspirational locker room speeches from coaches as a motivational source. Research in and out of sport psychology has developed …
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The Influence of Performance Level and Setting on Collegiate Athletes' Motivational Profiles
The purpose of this study was to determine if motivational profiles of individual collegiate team sport athletes differ across ability levels (High, Middle, and Low) and settings (Team Practice, Competition, and Personal Practice). The athletes task and ego disposition, autonomy, and contextual …
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Motivation and Goal-Setting in College Athletes
Motivation and goal-setting are important concepts in athletics and sport and exercise psychology. However, little research has compared motivation and goal-setting by gender. The self-determination theory was used and the purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference between male …