Motivation: A key factor impelling Student Participation in Sports

Abstract

Sports participation leads to an all-around development of personality. It touches a person’s deepest emotions, impacts his/her social life, provides an opportunity to express one’s intellectual abilities, be physically fit, and most importantly which we often overlook sports help to connect intimately with God by being alive in the spirit. The purpose of this research is to identify the various motivational factors that impel students to participate in sports activities. The data was collected through a survey of 100 college students who participate in College Sports activities. The leisure motivation scale was used to examine the motivational factors. For analyzing data, descriptive statistics, Independent Sample t-tests are used. The findings reveal that the Competency /Mastery Factor was the prime motivational factor that encouraged students to take part in sports activities.