Browsing by Author "Tuomaala, Anna-Sofia"

The aim of this study was to investigate junior basketball players motivation and enjoyment in physical education and in sport. In addition, the point of this study was to compare factors that affected junior basketball players motivation and enjoyment in physical education and in sport. Previous studies have shown that autonomy, competence and social-relatedness have had a positive effect on motivation. Also ego-orientation and task-orientation have had an effect on development of motivation. Previous studies also shown that especially enjoyment and competence have a big positive effect on children’s motivation. The participants in this study were 6 and they were 12 – 13 -year-old basketball players and they represent one club in Southern Finland. The data were collected by using semi-structured interview. The interviews were analysed by using phenomenography research approach. Conclusions in this study was that junior basketball players motivation and enjoyment was better in basketball practice than in physical education. On the basis of the results I came to the conclusion that external factors, competition and social comparison, social factors and an internal factors affected to junior basketball players motivation and enjoyment. The findings indicate that teachers and coaches should support student’s autonomy and social relatedness in physical education.