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Effect of Motivation on Sport Performance

The topic for exploration is the role of motivation in sports. The research intends to examine the existence of a relation between the two by addressing the effect of athlete’s ability. According to sports psychologists, the factors play a critical role in the outcome of sport. However, minimal prove affirms the direct role of the factor, since personality also affects sports performance. Due to the complexity of the subject, the examination of scholarly article and books on the subject is necessary. The study will utilize five sources that explore the relations. The selected materials are the works of McCarthy (2011), Gillet, Berjot, Vallerand, Amoura, & Rosnet (2012), Carpentier & Mageau (2013), Vallerand (2007) and TeachPE (2018). The information from the five sources serves as the basis for quantifying the significance of motivation on athlete’s performance.

Analysis

McCarthy, P. J. (2011). Positive emotion in sport performance: current status and future directions. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4(1), 50-69.

The presentation is about the role of emotion on the outcome of a sporting undertaking. The research engages a review of scholarly publication from previous research on the subject of emotions and sports. According to the scholar, a player emotion plays a critical role in the outcome of sporting activity. The reading relates the feeling to the habit of inspiration. The writer connects the relation using a qualitative process. McCarthy’s article can serve as a critical source for studying factors that affect athletes during different undertakings. The scholar’s reference to external sources in the explanation approves it in the review of the subject of sport and motivation. The interest in predicting athletes’ experiences makes the reading a critical resource for envisaging the implication of inspiration on performance. The fact that psychologies steered the study enhance the objectivity of the material. The researcher exploits the idea of research conducted for 40 years. The findings emphasized the role of emotions and such augments the significance of the material in highlighting the role of attitude and motivation on outcome of sporting.

Gillet, N., Berjot, S., Vallerand, R. J., Amoura, S., & Rosnet, E. (2012). Examining the motivation-performance relationship in competitive sport: a cluster-analytic approach. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 43(2), 79.

The researcher uses a person-centered technique in the evaluation of junior fences and long distance athletes’ performance. The longitudinal study clusters the motivational components before striving to quantify the implication of each on the ability of an athlete. The categories listed in the study are low motivators, moderate and high. Gillet, Berjot, Vallerand, Amoura, & Rosnet (2012) study design considers response based on the score for previous undertakings. The average findings that personality and motivation are integral in sports help in the projection of the role of the factor in sports performance. The linking of the emotional factors with physical ability makes the study a critical reference tool for understanding the role of attitude on sporting. The results afterward will help in the identification of components that affects athlete’s attitude of either being positive of demoralized. The study focused on competitive sport while seeking to explore the circumstances that lead to excellence of one athlete over another sportsperson.

Carpentier, J., & Mageau, G. A. (2013). When change-oriented feedback enhances motivation, well-being, and performance: A look at autonomy-supportive feedback in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(3), 423-435.

The article explores the role of motivation that emanates from interaction with another party during sporting. The review implies that a feeling of inspiration boosts performance. However, the personality of the individual plays a role in the process since the study focuses on the subject from the aspect of feedback from an external source. The analysis recognizes the role of a coach or other stakeholders in the sporting world on the performance of the sportsperson. Additionally, the research contextualizes the communication aspect on the motivation of the individual. The findings on the role of negative feedback relate to the subject of motivation since the study examines the implication of the response on the attitude of the athlete. The description of the implication of the decline in attitude on athlete’s ability makes the resources relevant to the subject of exploration. The reader of the information can use the idea to devise ways of communicating to sportsperson to motivate the individual with the objective of enhancing performance.

Vallerand, R. J. (2007). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in sport and physical activity. Handbook of sport psychology, 3, 59-83

The book presented in the form of a narration of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect sporting activity explores the role of emotion in sport. The writer uses previous knowledge and experience in psychology in explaining the developments in the sporting world. Vallerand recounts normal phenomenon using motivational factors clustered as either intrinsic or extrinsic. The scholar engages research of internally renowned experts in the study and such qualifies the book as an authoritative material in the study of phenomenon relating to performance in the sporting world. The book is essential for the quantification of the behavioral factors that distinguishes athletes and teams. The person reading the resource can use it to estimate the possibility of an athlete excelling in the sphere of choice. The focus on the psychology aspect of sports makes the resources integral to analyzing underlying factors that dictates athlete’s competence. A review by sports psychologies enhances the credibility of the text.