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Intrinsic motivation is innate, therefore an individual's interest is directed at certain activities and not at others. This may explain why participants have a sport in which they excel at. Athletes perform at their best, when they are intrinsically motivated. This shows, that the more motivated an athlete is the more work they are likely to achieve.
Extrinsic motivation is more common within sports, factors such as peer pressure and the offer of rewards is often more motivating that intrinsic …show more content…
It is not only the interests of that participant, which can influence what sports they are more motivated towards but also the influence of their coach, family and possibly of the club or country they represent. Motivation can have major effects on how an individual carries out a certain task and how much effort is put in to it. Motivational basis of achievement can be quite varied, as there are some individuals that although are highly motivated may not be very successful. In this case encouragement must be given so that the drive to succeed is not lost. Participants who are motivated, are more likely to want to do their best, not only in the competitions, but also in the …show more content…
People display either a need to achieve or need to avoid failure tendency when placed in certain situations.
Attribution Theory
This theory suggests that the reasons perceived by an individual or term for the outcome of their actions can affect their levels of motivation in future performances. Attributions help to explain success and failure, ensuring motivation levels remain high. Weiner proposed five categories of attribution: ability, effort, task, difficulty and luck. Generally to gain feelings of satisfaction, success is attributed to internal factors and failure to external factors. There are four other types of motivation, positive and negative, and primary and secondary motivation:
Positive and negative motivation - Positive motivation makes us want to continue an activity; negative motivation will decrease our enthusiasm for it.
Primary and secondary motivation - Primary motivation comes from
Extrinsic motivation is more common within sports, factors such as peer pressure and the offer of rewards is often more motivating that intrinsic …show more content…
It is not only the interests of that participant, which can influence what sports they are more motivated towards but also the influence of their coach, family and possibly of the club or country they represent. Motivation can have major effects on how an individual carries out a certain task and how much effort is put in to it. Motivational basis of achievement can be quite varied, as there are some individuals that although are highly motivated may not be very successful. In this case encouragement must be given so that the drive to succeed is not lost. Participants who are motivated, are more likely to want to do their best, not only in the competitions, but also in the …show more content…
People display either a need to achieve or need to avoid failure tendency when placed in certain situations.
Attribution Theory
This theory suggests that the reasons perceived by an individual or term for the outcome of their actions can affect their levels of motivation in future performances. Attributions help to explain success and failure, ensuring motivation levels remain high. Weiner proposed five categories of attribution: ability, effort, task, difficulty and luck. Generally to gain feelings of satisfaction, success is attributed to internal factors and failure to external factors. There are four other types of motivation, positive and negative, and primary and secondary motivation:
Positive and negative motivation - Positive motivation makes us want to continue an activity; negative motivation will decrease our enthusiasm for it.
Primary and secondary motivation - Primary motivation comes from