MOTIVA M ATION AND SEL CONF A LF FIDENC IN SP CE PORTS

Abstract

The present study aims to discover the relationship between the motivation and self confidence. For the research, the researcher formulate following hypothesis. i). Motivation will positively contribute to the development of sport confidence in sports. ii). Intrinsic motivation will more positively contribute to self confidence in sports as compare to extrinsic motivation. iii). Motivation will be different according to the nature of sports. iv). Sports confidence will be different according to the nature of sports. v) Motivational level will be different according to the gender of the player. vi). Sports confidence will be different according to the gender of the player. The sample consists of 370 players from different type of sports. For the purpose of research two measurers i). Sport Motivation Scale (SMS). Brière, N.M., Vallerand, R.J., Blais, M.R., & Pelletier, L.G. (1995) ii). Trait Sports Confidence Inventory TSCI. Vealey, R. S. (1986) has been selected. For data analysis Anova, Post Hoc, Correlations and Regression has been carried out. The values are significant at 0.00 alpha levels.