How Coaches, Parents, and Peers Influence Motivation in Sport

When you practice and compete in sport, there are other people involved who support some way: coaches, parents, friends, opponents. These can influence how feel about playing through their actions, reactions, emotional expressions, language. Our motivation sport is not as simple “more-v-less,” but rather we experience a whole range of motivating/demotivating factors at the same time. Some motivators seem to natural come from within us, while others outside ourselves—like prizes, punishments, peer pressure. We be motivated toward an activity (“I want do that!”), or away it that!”). define success failure various ways, too. For example, compare ourselves (“Did I win?” “How did rank?”), strive for learning improvement finally it, worked!”). The motivational climate refers way around these aspects motivation.