1. Achievement Motivation in Sports Performance
Gobinder Singh Gill

2. Aims and Objectives
ALL students will define motivation and it’s associated links to sports performance
MOST students will examine the effects of motivation on sports performance
SOME students will relate theories to motivation and achievement
SOME students will associate motivation in competitive professional practice

3. Definitions
Intrinsic motivation – gaining self-satisfaction and feeling of pride.
Extrinsic motivation – receiving some form of reward.
Achievement motivation - It is a participants orientation to strive for task success.
Competitiveness - a disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others.

4. The effects of Motivation on Sports Performance
Choice of activity
Effort to pursue goals
Intensity of effort in the pursuit of goals
Persistence in the face of failure and adversity

5. Theories of Motivation
Need achievement theory
Attribution theory
Achievement goal theory
Competence motivation theory

6. Developing achievement motivation and competitiveness
Autonomous competence stage (0 – 4 years)
Social comparison stage (5 – onwards)
Integrated stage (continuous)
The importance of distinguishing between stages
Influencing stages of achievement motivation

7. Using achievement motivation in professional practice
Recognise interactional factors
Emphasise task goals
Monitor and alter attributional feedback
Assess and correct inappropriate attributions
Determine when competitive goals are appropriate
Enhance feelings of competence and control