An Investigation of Youth Football Players

An Investigation of Youth Football
Players’ Participation Motivations

and Health Related Behaviors
Main Idea
The main idea of the text is to examine the motivating factors that really inspire
youth soccer athletes (YFA) involved in soccer practices and competitions and
their health-related behaviors.
Introduction
Sport and health are inseparable companions in people's lives. There is a mutual
reciprocity between the two. Sport improves physical and mental health, but it is
also true that without health, with few exceptions, you cannot practice sport. In
today's society we live submerged hour after hour, day after day in a stressful
situation that little by little is damaging our health. In such circumstances, we have
to practice some physical activity, it is also the best antidote to combat sedentary
lifestyle.
Developing
This subject of motivation is becoming more and more interesting, it is much more
complex than anyone can imagine at first glance. There are different types of
variables that must be controlled or at least necessarily taken into account if we
intend to work seriously, if we are talking about motivation. We have raised issues
such as the different motivational sources in relation to the age of the athletes, the
importance of peer groups, the significance of individual differences in this field and
now we plan to enter a topic already mentioned but not developed. in depth and it
is "the abandonment of sports practice", which obviously has a direct link with
sports motivations. We will therefore develop everything that has to do with sports
exhaustion, scientifically known as the “Burnout effect”.
Currently, burnout is considered a three-dimensional syndrome characterized by
emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal fulfillment. The
main symptoms would include negative attitudes, numbness, guilt, and would
share various associated problems such as fatigue, insomnia, headaches,
digestive problems, alcohol and drug abuse, social problems, absenteeism and
depression.
Another variable is that we all know that to develop an activity you need a
commitment to it, a sufficient motivation. Faced with relatively permanent stress-
generating situations, it is difficult to demand the athlete to maintain their
commitment to the sport, because they will not obtain the desired degree of
satisfaction, quite the opposite. Schmitd (1991) states that an athlete would suffer
burnout and could decide to abandon the sport if the components associated with
their commitment to sport were unbalanced: decrease in reinforcements (decrease
in the rewards that the athlete usually received), increase in costs (basically those
of an affective and emotional nature), a decrease in satisfaction with sports
practice, a decrease in the alternatives that sport offers, and an increase in the
investment (monetary, effort, etc.) to be made. In these cases, the cessation of
sports activity linked to a point of emotional exhaustion or burnout, is not only a

consequence of it but also a piece of advice to be followed to intervene
therapeutically in the face of the syndrome.
Conclusion
With regard to the two particular hypotheses that guided the current study, the
findings revealed that hypothesis one is true, which is: “There are no significant
differences in motivational factors between the 'Support' aspect (by parents, by
school) of the YFP. And that hypothesis two is not true, which is: in the aspect
'Setting objectives': there are significant differences in the motivational factors
between the 'for professional', 'for non-professional' of the YFP. YFPs who set their
goal for professionals are more motivated than YFPs who set their goal for non-
professionals.
Specifically, the following MFs, such as: MF1 'Technical content and unique value',
MF10 'Become a professional gamer', MF9 'To improve health', MF17 'To develop
unique skills', MF8' To shape the body 'and MF4' For the enjoyment and
happiness' has the greatest power of impact on the motivations of these YFP.
Finally, in the aspect of health-related behaviors, we can qualitatively conclude that
the large average score of the health-related behaviors of the participants in the
four subcategories was located between the position of 'Excellent' (4) and ' Very
good '(3) using a four-point evaluation scale.

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Players’ Participation Motivations

their health-related behaviors.

variables that must be controlled or at least necessarily taken into account if we

exhaustion, scientifically known as the “Burnout effect”.

Currently, burnout is considered a three-dimensional syndrome characterized by

emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal fulfillment. The

share various associated problems such as fatigue, insomnia, headaches,

commitment to it, a sufficient motivation. Faced with relatively permanent stress-

generating situations, it is difficult to demand the athlete to maintain their

their commitment to sport were unbalanced: decrease in reinforcements (decrease

of an affective and emotional nature), a decrease in satisfaction with sports

investment (monetary, effort, etc.) to be made. In these cases, the cessation of

sports activity linked to a point of emotional exhaustion or burnout, is not only a

therapeutically in the face of the syndrome.

differences in motivational factors between the 'Support' aspect (by parents, by

'Setting objectives': there are significant differences in the motivational factors

Finally, in the aspect of health-related behaviors, we can qualitatively conclude that

good '(3) using a four-point evaluation scale.

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