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Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player

Background: Motivation in athletes is a state that fluctuates due to multiple factors that can, in turn, negatively or positively influence sports performance. Objectives: The aim of this study was twofold, being, on the one hand, to analyze the motivation of soccer players of developmental age in t...

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Autores principales: Ureña-Lopera, Christian, Morente-Oria, Honorato, Chinchilla-Minguet, José Luis, Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32408681
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103374
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author Ureña-Lopera, Christian
Morente-Oria, Honorato
Chinchilla-Minguet, José Luis
Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso
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Morente-Oria, Honorato
Chinchilla-Minguet, José Luis
Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso
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description Background: Motivation in athletes is a state that fluctuates due to multiple factors that can, in turn, negatively or positively influence sports performance. Objectives: The aim of this study was twofold, being, on the one hand, to analyze the motivation of soccer players of developmental age in two different contexts (training time (baseline) and the precompetitive time) depending on the category, sports success and playing position, and, on the other hand, to find relations of the motivation dimensions with the academic performance and physical characteristics of the soccer players. Methods: One hundred and forty-one under 16 (U16) soccer players were selected (age: 14.7 ± 0.5; height: 170.4 ± 7.2 cm; weight: 61.6 ± 10.0 kg). Data on academic performance, physical and socio-demographic characteristics were recorded, and in two differentiated moments, the motivation dimensions, both in training and in competition. Results: The results showed that the general motivation decreases with the competition, and in particular, the intrinsic motivation, where the precompetitive evaluation is lower than the basal, in both categories (p < 0.05). In addition, demotivation is explained by 10.2%, 19.8%, and 23.9% by fat mass, by academic performance, and by category, respectively; and the extrinsic motivation of external regulation is explained in 26.0% by the academic performance factor (p < 0.01). Conclusions: U16 soccer players show lower levels of motivation at moments prior to the sports competition, and these dimensions of motivation are explained by the category, academic performance, and fat mass.
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spelling pubmed-72773452020-06-15 Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player Ureña-Lopera, Christian Morente-Oria, Honorato Chinchilla-Minguet, José Luis Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Motivation in athletes is a state that fluctuates due to multiple factors that can, in turn, negatively or positively influence sports performance. Objectives: The aim of this study was twofold, being, on the one hand, to analyze the motivation of soccer players of developmental age in two different contexts (training time (baseline) and the precompetitive time) depending on the category, sports success and playing position, and, on the other hand, to find relations of the motivation dimensions with the academic performance and physical characteristics of the soccer players. Methods: One hundred and forty-one under 16 (U16) soccer players were selected (age: 14.7 ± 0.5; height: 170.4 ± 7.2 cm; weight: 61.6 ± 10.0 kg). Data on academic performance, physical and socio-demographic characteristics were recorded, and in two differentiated moments, the motivation dimensions, both in training and in competition. Results: The results showed that the general motivation decreases with the competition, and in particular, the intrinsic motivation, where the precompetitive evaluation is lower than the basal, in both categories (p < 0.05). In addition, demotivation is explained by 10.2%, 19.8%, and 23.9% by fat mass, by academic performance, and by category, respectively; and the extrinsic motivation of external regulation is explained in 26.0% by the academic performance factor (p < 0.01). Conclusions: U16 soccer players show lower levels of motivation at moments prior to the sports competition, and these dimensions of motivation are explained by the category, academic performance, and fat mass. MDPI 2020-05-12 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7277345/ /pubmed/32408681 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103374 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player
title_full Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player
title_fullStr Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player
title_short Influence of Academic Performance, Level of Play, Sports Success, and Position of Play on the Motivation of the Young Football Player
title_sort influence of academic performance, level of play, sports success, and position of play on the motivation of the young football player
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32408681
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103374
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