The Theories Of Self-Efficacy In Sports

In the process of observing the components of the exercise environment I was able to witness certain theories and concepts that been covered in class. One of them was self-efficacy that the players that showed up and tried to get in a game with random people that don’t know him and the skill level that he has. Those players were confident enough to play with anyone that allowed them to play because they knew that they had the necessary skill to be able to play the sport and adjust to the skill level that everyone else was at. The shear mentality that they had was “I can keep up with anyone” and with that not falling to intimidation and other mental pitfalls that can occur with people playing sports. A theory that I was able to see was the self-determination theory. …show more content…
That satisfied the three basic needs that are associated with the theory and that is autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The player had the choice with who they were going to play with and the reason why they want to play with those specific people, they wanted the challenge that the other individuals are able to provide to them. The all had the self-efficacy to play the sport and by challenging themselves they believe that they are able to live up to the challenge that their competence in the sport is at par or higher than everyone else. Lastly everyone in the courts can relate to each other in some sort of way, whether it be to challenge their skill, to have fun playing basketball, or to have an exercise regime that they can enjoy without it seeming like they are just working