International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences Vol. 12(4), pp. 671 - 677
DOI: 10.13189/saj.2024.120408
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Exploring the Impacts of Student-Athletes Achievement Goal and Motivation for Sports Participation towards Successful Performance in Sports Competition

Rayvin Domingo Pestano ^*, Narciso L. Salazar
Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Leisure Studies, College of Education, Central Luzon State University, Philippines

ABSTRACT

Successful performance in sports competition is determined by a lot of factors. Understanding the intricate relationship of these factors may guide coaches and sports managers to enhance the performance of student-athletes. The study aimed to investigate the achievement goal, and motivation for sports participation and its relationship to student-athletes performance in sports competition. This descriptive research includes 107 student-athletes in secondary schools that answered the "Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Sports" [1] and "Motivation for Sports Participation" [2] instrument. Descriptive statistics were utilized to describe the student-athletes' achievement goal, and motivation to sports participation and performance rank while Pearson r correlation analysis was computed to test the significant relationship among these variables. Results revealed that student-athletes strongly agree that task-approach, task-avoidance, self-approach, self-avoidance, other-approach and other avoidance goals were the achievement goals utilized in sports competition. As to motivation, student-athletes agree that availability of facilities, skills development, psychological boost and recognition necessitate participation in sports competition. Results revealed a significant relationship exists between achievement goal such as task-approach, self-approach and other-avoidance approach goal towards student-athletes performance. Furthermore, motivation to sports participation in terms of availability of facilities, skill development, psychological boost and recognition was also found to have a significant relationship with student-athletes performance in sports competition.

KEYWORDS
Achievement Goal, Motivation, Student-athletes Performance, Sports Competition

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Rayvin Domingo Pestano , Narciso L. Salazar , "Exploring the Impacts of Student-Athletes Achievement Goal and Motivation for Sports Participation towards Successful Performance in Sports Competition," International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 671 - 677, 2024. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2024.120408.

(b). APA Format:
Rayvin Domingo Pestano , Narciso L. Salazar (2024). Exploring the Impacts of Student-Athletes Achievement Goal and Motivation for Sports Participation towards Successful Performance in Sports Competition. International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 12(4), 671 - 677. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2024.120408.