Motivational actions to prevent sports abandonment in Athletics practitioners (Original)
Keywords:
motivational actions; prevent; sports; abandonment; athletics; practitionersAbstract
Sports practice produces numerous health benefits; however, there are numerous studies that show that there is an important phenomenon of abandonment generated by various causes, among which those associated with motivation towards sports activity stand out. In this sense, the present research aims to design motivational actions to prevent sports abandonment in Athletics practitioners belonging to the “Pedro Batista Fonseca” EIDE, school category. To achieve the objective, a diagnosis is made about the problem that is investigated through interviews and questionnaires to coaches, athletes, managers, and methodologists and psychological tests The results show that there has been a considerable number of dropouts or dropouts in the sport of Athletics, mainly of athletes who are in the school category, basically generated by an inadequate level motivational towards sports practice. Based on this problem, motivational actions are proposed by virtue of preventing sports abandonment, which is subject to the criteria of specialists to assess its feasibility of application.
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