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... serves as the basic motivation for youths' sports activities in 1.7% of cases. At the end no one among the young participants (0%) sees fun as the basic motive for doing sports (Table 2). Youth involvement in sports is most intensive between the ages of six and ten (71.66%), then between ten to fourteen (18.34%), while at the very early ages, between four and six, the percentage is small (10%). ...
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... 1 shows resultsthe percentage prevalence of other influence for which young people start practicing sports. Table 2 shows numerical results of rankingmotivesby the degree ofimportancefrom first toeighth placeto startpracticing sportsfor both sexes. Offered motives were: Fun, Popularity, Money, Good looks, Love for sports, Health, Success and Friendship. ...
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... Although we did not categorize motives into internal and external in our study, the motivations were predominantly internal, so our results align with the findings of the mentioned authors, indicating that internal motivation for sports participation is also high among junior and senior football players. Similar results were obtained by Malčić (2012) in his research, which also identified intrinsic motivation as the primary driver of youth participation in sports. ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to the lives of athletes, particularly regarding the uncertainty surrounding the continuation of sports training and the postponement of sporting events. Given these disruptions to athletes’ routines, the role of motivation in sports participation is considered even more crucial. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the differences in motivation for sports participation during the Covid-19 pandemic between senior and junior professional football players. The sample consisted of 358 elite football players from the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The players were divided into two groups: senior (n=193, 24.87±3.78 years) and junior (n=165, 18.08±1.00 years) football players. The Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ) was utilized, comprising 19 items classified into six motivational dimensions: “Sports success”, “Social status”, “Friendship”, “Physical health”, “Sports activity”, and “Support”. A five-point Likert scale was used in the questionnaire, which was administered electronically via Google Forms. Results revealed that junior football players achieved significantly higher values in only three out of the 19 items: “Want to be popular” (.005), “Want to get status” (.001), and “Wished for friendly games” (.000). However, there were no differences between the senior and junior football player groups in the remaining 16 items. Also, both groups displayed exceptionally high motivation levels in the dimensions of “Sports success”, “Physical health”, and “’Friendship”, while the weakest results were observed in the dimension of ‘Support’ for both groups. Despite the specific challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the motivation to play football remains very high among both senior and junior football players. This study is essential as it provides insights into football players’ motivation and identifies differences in motivation levels between junior and senior players. The findings can be valuable for practical purposes, aiming to enhance motivation among football players, especially during circumstances where training conditions are disrupted, such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
... Bearing in mind that through sports a child develops communicational skills and improves interaction with other people, becomes better prepared to undertake responsibility and obligations, develops working habits, the sense of fair play and sportsmanship, learns about organizational skills and learns how to accept both victory and defeat, forms personal responsibility for taking risks and achieves many other useful purposes, it is needless to discuss the importance of doing sports and choosing a sports discipline that would suit the child best [6]. In addition, sport practicing has a positive influence on the dexterity of the non-dominant member, all the more so as the training is conducted in this respect and, on the other hand, whether the sport involves the use of both members equally [7]. ...
Sports activities are more and more popular among young generation being practiced for a lot of reasons starting from maintaining health level, socialization and communication, building friendships, spending free time, relaxation, self-improvement and even for getting good grades. Our study focused on analysing students’ motivation for practicing sports activities, what determines them to attend to sports lessons or to practice them in free time. The research sample was formed from 300 students from different faculties from the University “Lucian Blaga” Sibiu from first and second university year, that practice sports activities as an optional discipline in their academic curricula. The research methods used in our investigation were the study of the bibliographic references, the experiment method and the questionnaire for discovering students’ motivation and preferences. The results of our investigation showed that the main reasons that students practice sports activities are: at male students are more likely to play ball games for keeping health levels, improving self-image and develop their muscle system compared with female students that are more likely to practice swimming, running or cycling for combating obesity, develop their social lifestyle, making friendships and build strong relationship with their colleagues.
The Covid-19 outbreak has also led to significant changes in football, such as the suspension of leagues, isolation , and the fact that football players are forced to train on their own. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in the level of preparation, practices, and motivation for athletic training among young professional football players during the Covid-19 pandemic, depending on the level of competition. The sample of respondents consisted of 82 young football players from Bosnia and Herzegovina, divided into the first league group (n=47, 18.30±0.62 age) and the second league group (n=35, 17.66±0.73 age). The questionnaire for sports preparation and training (SPEQ) was used, which consists of 11 items and was created according to the existing questionnaire for self-assessment of the level of preparation and type of training of athletes during the training process in the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, a questionnaire on sports motivation during the Covid-19 pandemic was used, consisting of 18 items related to motivation to participate in sports, modified according to the Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ). A five-point Likert scale was used for the questionnaire. The questionnaire was available in electronic form and was sent to the football players through a Google form. The difference was found only in the frequency of the type of exercise in two variables, while there were no differences between the groups of young football players in the other variables of training frequency, level of preparation, and motivation in sports training. It was also established that despite the Covid-19 situation, the motivation for sports training among young football players was at a very high level.
