Extrinsic Motivation Among College Athletes

One type of motivation left out of Coach Carters' repertoire is intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is the desire to learn and perform well that comes from within an individual. This is a shame because intrinsic motivation has been proven to be the most successful type of motivation when it comes to keeping a commitment. Although intrinsic motivation does come from within an individual, eg; the desire to win a trophy for a grandfather, it can still be inspired by a coach.

“Motivation is the process whereby goal-orientated activity is instigated and sustained” (Schunk, Pintrich & Meece, 2008. As cited in Eggen & Kauchak, 2010, p.284). Motivation comes in many forms and can be divided into two broad categories - extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivators are external

Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. For an athlete, motivation can be the difference between waking up at 5:00 a.m. to go for a mile run versus sleeping in. It could be the difference between putting in an extra set of reps in the weight room versus going to the mall with friends. It could be putting in extra time at practice versus going on a date. Motivation is necessary to augment ability. It’s extremely important because one will face tests from fatigue, pain, boredom and outside desires that will challenge the athlete’s focus on becoming the best they can be. Motivation is the center of success, it can be thought of as a tree with the other factors being branches that stem from motivation. It will effect the mental aspects of game preparation, the physical aspects of nutrition, conditioning and sleep. Finally, it will affect the coaching side in terms of training. Some athletes can get through high school and college off size and athleticism.

intrinsic motivation comes from within you as to extrinsic comes from external energy. i believe intrinsic motivation is better then extrinsic because to be intrinsic you have to be confidence about yourself push yourself to be motivated its natural energy as to extrinsic, you are motivated cause of other reason example your motivated cause mom or dad told you you have to or they'll buy you a car if your motivated to finish school. i also believe intrinsic motivation will get you a long way because sometime you won't have that extrinsic energy to motivate yourself as to intrinsic it come from your heart. To have extrinsic motivation i don't think it will work best because you are always looking for so reward and sometime you don't get a

Exercise behavior is the study of theories which work to explain actions and phenomenon’s that occur when looking at peoples perspectives of exercise. One overall theory called The Transtheoretical model (TTM), includes elements from “across a variety of theories and models behavior, some of which are social-cognitive in nature and some of which are not” (79). The TTM describes five stages of behavior change: Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. By using TTM as the base of multiple theories, a greater picture of exercise behavior is created to understand how individuals become interested and continue to make a life style that involves normal exercise.

For this question, part of my answer was right, I just did not select the most correct right answer. However, while taking the test I did not believe that talk to others who know the athletes and exercisers would truly allow the clinician to understand the needs of the student athlete since facts can be falsified. Nevertheless, the book directly states that all answers listed can help find out what motivates people. Ref. Ch. 3 pg. 72

As a freshman in college, I received several warnings, including always wear your shower shoes, remember to study, and be nice to your roommate. Another warning that was constantly mentioned was to beware of the freshman 15. The freshman 15 refers to the phenomenon of a student gaining the average amount of 15 pounds of weight in their first year of college. While many students may brush it off, this is a warning that actually seems to carry some validity. According to Wengreen and Moncur (2009), several research groups have examined the theory that college students gain weight in their first year of college and found that most, but not all, did indeed find an average weight gain of 6 to 10 pounds in a student’s first semester. While the reasons for weight gain will be discussed a little later on, it is important to stress that college students carry a significant amount of pressure, especially in their early years. As a result of these studies and first-hand experience of college life, I was taken back to find that Central Arizona College does not allow students to utilize the fitness center unless they are enrolled in a physical activity class (PAC) or if they are a student athlete. In an effort to bring attention to the benefits of physical activity for college students and why they should be allowed to utilize fitness centers, further research was conducted to support the claims that physical activity is valuable for several reasons. Therefore, the thesis of this essay

There are several different kinds of motivation, and some of the different types include extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, physiological motivation, and achievement motivation. Intrinsic, extrinsic, and psychological motivation all play a role in an individual’s achievement motivation. Extrinsic motivation is motivation from outside circumstances that can influence an individual’s motivation. Extrinsic motivation factors can range from social acceptance, a promotion, or even a monetary reward. Intrinsic motivation on the other hand is motivation that comes from within an individual. Intrinsic motivation factors would be a person’s enjoyment and satisfaction they get from achieving a task. A person’s

In this study, the author took an in depth look at sport commitment at the collegiate level. The majority of studies has been done previously focused on youth athletes and showed that their primary motivator for commitment was involvement (Jordan, 2009). To provide more insight, Jordan (2009) assessed the level of commitment of the athletes

College life is a time full of fun, friends, activities, classes, and homework. All of these activities however, add up to a busy life style. Being busy is not in itself harmful but when the busyness becomes so great that it turns into stress, problems start to arise. The formation of stress leads to many unhealthy trends, such as lack of sleep, loss of immunity to disease, and a change in personality traits. How then can stress in the busy lives of college students be reduced? The answer is a simple one that has long been known; exercise relieves stress. Colleges across the country need to implement a program of required exercise classes to promote the well being of students.

Nowadays, colleges are building gyms and hiring personal trainers for their students to help students get a healthy college life. Exercise is actually not only part of our health concern, but also part of students’ college life. There are a lot of information for students to know about exercise. Students always get too many options when they go to the gym but that doesn’t mean students can get workout in whatever the way they like. Reports shows that many students will go to exercise at least 2 days a week. But there are students who will stop their exercise because they get bored of their daily routine. There are also students who do not like exercise. Many things happened before the exercise, during the exercise and after the exercise. If

There are many personal self-care activities that are extremely important to our health. As a college student I chose an activity that I believe is one of the most important as well the most difficult for college students to do, exercising. I believe physical activity to be one of the most important personal self-care-activity a person can do to help improve their overall health. As a college student I have experienced what most college students or soon to be college students dread the most; “the freshman 15” which could easily be avoided with simply some exercise. Although many things lead to the freshman 15 such as irregular eating habits, stress, and lack of sleep I am going to discuss just how important exercise is as well as how it could help improve your overall health.

I consider myself as an active individual. Throughout my childhood, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to a variety of activities in different environments. As a result, my passion for physical activity has influenced me to become a health and physical educator because I want to coach others on the importance of being active. As I think about my future practices, the one burning question I have is: How do I engage and help my students who consider themselves as ‘non-athletes’ or ‘non-active’ to grow a passion for physical activity. This question matters to me because as a future educator, I will be challenged with students who will not have a desire to be physical activity and it will be my duty to develop a plan to engage these students and teach them the importance of making healthy choices.

Motivation is a widely researched element of Psychology, its multiple theories have been applied to many fields such as education, business and sport. The study of motivation is relevant to sports practitioners because it can provide valuable insight into an individual’s reasons to initiate, sustain or desist in sporting behaviours as well as the level of effort made during this participation (Clancy, Herring, & Brown, 2017). Two distinct types of motivation have been identified by research (Vallerand, Deci, & Ryan, 1987), these are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, these labels refer to the “locus of causality”, intrinsic being from one’s self and extrinsic being from outside of one’s self. An intrinsically motivated individual will engage in sports activities purely for the sake of enjoyment and fun, whereas extrinsically motivated people are taking part to gain tangible benefits such as trophies, prestige or to avoid punishment (Vallerand, Losier, 1999). Another important factor to be considered is Amotivation which reflects a lack of intention to participate (Amorose & Anderson-Butcher, 2007) because no value is placed on the activity (Ryan 1995) or it is perceived that the activity will not yield the desired outcome (Seligman 1975).The progressive nature of academic research means that each theory discussed here has had many iterations and are each best viewed as a work in progress, (Treasure et.al 2001) this is certainly true of Self-determination theory.

Motivation is crucial for an athlete in order to want to win. It is hard to want to win if you have no motivation. The main aspect of motivation in terms of the self-determination theory is intrinsic motivation. The self-determination theory can be defined as “a highly appropriate conceptual framework from which to study sport persistence and dropout” (Calvo, Cervelló, Jiménez, Iglesias, & Moreno Murcia, 2010). Intrinsic Motivation can be defined as “an athlete taking up playing a sport just for the enjoyment of playing a sport” (Pelletier, Tuson, Fortier, Vallerand, & Briére, 1995). It is important to realize that the self-determination theory affects an athlete’s motivation intrinsically (internally) because the self-determination theory uses factors like “autonomy” and “competence” to motivate an athlete to play better in their sport. Most athletes, now and in the past, find it easier to motivate themselves intrinsically if they enjoy the sport or have fun while playing the sport (Ryan & Deci, 1985).