Influence of sport motivation towards athletics training among UiTM athletes / Zaizatul Noor Shameera Mustafa

The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence of sport motivation towards athletics training among UiTM athletes. 40 UiTM athletes were involved as the main respondent of this study. For the purpose of the study, the questionnaire was adopted and adapted from the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-11) by Pelletier, Rocchi, Vallerand, Deci and Ryan, (2013) to test the sport motivation that involve in training among the athletes. The results showed that there is no significant difference in sport motivation that influence training in track and field between genders where intrinsic motivation for male showed (M= 4.31 p=0.08) and female (M=3.92 p=0.08) while extrinsic motivation for male showed (M=3.69 p=0.10) and female (M=3.59 p=0.10). There is no significant difference of sport motivation that influence training in track and field between ages where intrinsic motivation (p= 0.894) and extrinsic motivation (p=0.660). The findings of the study will provide understanding in sport motivation and sport coaching field. Lastly, this finding will help the coach to know what types of sport motivation that influences the athletes training in track and field.