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#6 Lara Mossman - The 'Flavours' of Motivation

The Sport Psych Show

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Coaches Are Putting Psych Social First

As players get older and as coaches start to redefine what they do or define what they do as a bit more outcome oriented it's been like well i'm trying to help these players develop skill. As they get 14 15 16 17 and winning losing outcome measures start to become more of a thing then those external motivations can come in. The very best coaches are the ones who you know at the elite level they're still interested in participation and they're still invested in those intrinsic motivation values of enjoyment and interestYeah i absolutely agree that where you see um for example mental health issues with elite athletes is because they've lost touch with the reason they were originally enjoying or interested.

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