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Source 1

1. What Motivates people to succeed in sports?

2. Motivation

3. teachpe.com

4. http://www.teachpe.com/sports_psychology/motivation.php

5. accessed at home

6. S: teachpe.com O: writing about how to motivate athletes A: Teachers and coaches P: to teach teachers and coaches how to motivate athletes S: intrinsic and extrinsic motivations TONE: Formal and informative

7. Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation are the two major forms of motivation in athletics. Tangible rewards should be used sparingly while intangibles such as praise and playing time are better for growing an athlete’s love of a sport or activity. When used correctly these allow athletes to develop intrinsic motivation through which they motivate themselves to attain self set goals, or goals set for them.

8. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are large parts of motivating athletes, but need to be used in different ways.

9. The author’s clear presentation of non biased facts is very convincing to me, but he fails to mention any other perspectives on motivation taking away some credibility.

10. Tangible rewards: Physical rewards such as medals and money. These should be used sparingly with young athletes to avoid a situation where winning a prize is more important than competing well. Intangible rewards: Praise, recognition and achievements. These should be used on a regular basis to encourage the athlete to repeat the behaviour which earned the praise. Motivation is related to the intensity and direction of behaviour. That is, the level of arousal and the way in which we behave affect our motivation and hence performance.

Source 2

1. same as above

2. Sports: What motivates athletes?

3. Psychologytoday.com

4.http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/200910/sports-what-motivates-athletes

5. accessed at home

6. S: Dr. Jim Taylor O: writing an article for a psychology blog A: students of psychology P: To discuss various points of athletic motivation S: various theories and evidence of athletic motivation, as well as signs of low motivation TONE: Very knowledgeable and formal

7. There are various factors in motivation behind success at sports many of which all athletes will experience to one degree or another. Their reaction to these factors determines whether they will be successful or not in their pursuits. Focus on long term goals is a major part of this and should be the most important focus of all athletes who want to succeed.

8. Athletes are motivated by a variety of factors but must ut in their full effort to achieve their goals.

9. The author is somewhat biased towards his own theories, but has sound research and ideas. I am somewhat persuaded by him.

10. When I speak to groups of young athletes, I always ask how many have big goals, like going to the Olympics or playing pro ball. About 90% raise their hands. I then ask how many are doing everything they can to achieve their goals. Only one or two tentative hands go up. What this tells me is that there is often a big gap between the goals athletes have and the effort they are putting into those goals. It's easy to say that you want to be a successful athlete. It is much more difficult to actually make it happen. If you have this kind of disconnect, you have two choices. You can either lower goals to match your effort or you can raise your effort to match your goals. There is no right answer. But if you're truly motivated to be successful, you better make sure you're doing the work necessary to achieve your goals.