TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring the Climate
T2 - Exploring the Psychological Environment in an Elite Soccer Academy
AU - Kingston, Kieran
AU - Wixey, Daniel James
AU - Morgan, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Copyright © Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
PY - 2018/9/25
Y1 - 2018/9/25
N2 - Fostering a constructive motivational climate is an important contributor to an individual’s motivation (Ames, 1992a), yet research within elite sport remains limited. The purpose of this study was to use the task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation, and time—or TARGET—framework to explore the motivational climate in an elite youth football academy. Sixty-four academy training sessions were observed. Findings suggested that the task, authority, recognition, and evaluation structures are most important in predicting a mastery motivational climate. Task organization parameters and coach behaviors influential in promoting adaptive and less adaptive psychological environments are discussed.
AB - Fostering a constructive motivational climate is an important contributor to an individual’s motivation (Ames, 1992a), yet research within elite sport remains limited. The purpose of this study was to use the task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation, and time—or TARGET—framework to explore the motivational climate in an elite youth football academy. Sixty-four academy training sessions were observed. Findings suggested that the task, authority, recognition, and evaluation structures are most important in predicting a mastery motivational climate. Task organization parameters and coach behaviors influential in promoting adaptive and less adaptive psychological environments are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053908204&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10413200.2018.1481466
DO - 10.1080/10413200.2018.1481466
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053908204
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 32
SP - 297
EP - 314
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 3
ER -
