Instant Access To 100,000+ Essays!

BASKETBALLER In today's sporting world, there are very few differences between top class athletes. They have similar diets, training techniques and equipment. A psychological edge over your opponents could be the difference between winning and losing. In preparation for a basketball match, an athlete would use multiple methods to get their heads in the right frame of mind for the event. The first way he could do this would be through motivation, which is an internal state which activates, directs and sustains behaviour towards achieving a particular goal. The player could motivate themselves by using one of three motivation techniques. -The first method is intrinsic motivation, which is motivation from inside the individual, and he could do this by setting himself small individual tasks/goals for the match such as sinking every shot he attempts or staying on the court for longer time period than usual without being interchanged or substituted. -The second method is extrinsic motivation, which comes from outside sources such as a players contract. A player may motivate himself pushing themselves to show selectors that they are quality players and therefore are worthy of a contract in let's say the National Basketball