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Explain the Role of Motivation in Enhancing Sports Performance Motivation is a key aspect in enhancing sporting performances. Sage (1974) state that motivation is 'the internal mechanisms and external stimuli which arouse and direct our behaviour. This can be divided into three statements: * 'Motivation involves our inner drives towards achieving goals * Motivation depends on external pressures and rewards * Motivation concerns our arousal level and the direction of our behaviour' This quote applies to all different aspects in sport regarding motivation, especially arousal, self efficacy, self confidence and feedback. In order to explain these roles of motivation in sport, I will use netball, squash and swimming as a team games, racket games and individual activities. There are two different types of motivation. These are extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation takes place in two ways: emotionally and physically. Emotion is how people react to the athlete's performance. For example, in a swimming gala,...

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