Unit 3 -Sport Psychology

Internal energy force that determines all aspects of our behaviour; it also impacts on how we think, feel and interact with others.

Intrinsic Motivation:

• Pleasure
• Fun
• Feeling
• Self worth
• Excitement

Extrinsic Motivation:

• Trophies
• Medals
• Prizes
• Records
• Money.

Amotivation

• Too hard
• Too easy
• Boring

Signs of low motivation - Lack of desire to train as much as you should, less than 100% in training, skipping or shortening training or effort that is inconsistant with your goals.

Task Orientated Goals:

• Not to worry about the outcome
• Leads to mastery over the task skill
• Success in meeting the task orientated goals is measured by:

1) How well the individual mastered the task.

2) How much of a self-improvement is made.

3) How proficient the skills and abilities were.

• Task orientated goals can be achieved regardless of whether or not the person has come first or last place in the race, or won or lost a game (Elliot, 2005)

Ego Orientated Goals:

• Primary motivation for action in persuing ego orientated goals is to be better than others.
• Fuelled by competition.