The Role of Motivation in Increasing Achievement: Perspective Sports Psychology

Keywords

achievement motivation, athletic and athlete.

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know and understand achievement motivation at junior athletic athletes of Padang. This study was conducted on 15 athletics athletes junior Padang aged 10-15 years. The method used in this research is qualitative method with descriptive approach. Methods of data collection in this study using interviews and observation. The results show that when junior athletic athletes face the game, the opponent's mind and judgment are faced superior, have better ability and have a good track record of achievement. Underlying factors such as low self-motivation athletes to excel when competing meet the opponent, the lack of flying hours athletes compete and less mature mentally during the match.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Eddy Marheni
AU  - Eko Purnomo
AU  - Firunika Intan Cahyani
PY  - 2019/02
DA  - 2019/02
TI  - The Role of Motivation in Increasing Achievement: Perspective Sports Psychology
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sports Sciences and Health 2018 (2nd ICSSH 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 59
EP  - 62
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/55914027
ID  - Marheni2019/02
ER  -