Abstract
Motivation is the process of stimulating behaviour, actions and movements, based on particular motives. Motivation in sport is the complex of different motives that cause athletes to be more active, trying to achieve their goals during the trainings and competitions. Athletes of different sports may be influenced by different factors depending on their needs, motives and perspectives. A significant number of studies have been done on sport motivation in Lithuania. Studies were conducted in different levels of various sports: track and field, football, kayaking, boxing and others. In this context there is lack of a studies that examine motivation in competitive shooting and women’s football. 47 athletes aged 16–19 have participated in a study (25 female shooters and 22 female footballers). All of the participants were the prize-winners of Lithuanian championships at youth and senior level. The aim of the study is to examine the differences in motives for sport participation among female athletes in competitive shooting and football. The present study showed that athletes took part in other sports before chose to participate in football and competitive shooting (60% shooters and 86.4% footballers). In addition, participants of a study have tried other non-sporting activities (40% of competitive shooters and 36.4% of footballers). A large number of female competitive shooters chose to participate in shooting as a leisure activity. Athletes were mostly encouraged by friends to take part in shooting. Football players were mostly motivated to take part in football by a coach. 50% of them were interested in football as a leisure activity, also, wished to master a technical aspect of a game. Results showed that both football players and competitive shooters were mostly motivated by internal aim of perfection (competitive shooters 4,16±0,81; footballers 4.50 ± 0.70). In addition, participants of both sports agreed on importance of internal motivation in experience (shooters 3.91 ± 0.84; footballers 4.39 ± 0.76; p < 0.05), knowledge (shooters 4.04 ± 0.95; footballers 4.34 ± 0.79) and motives that satisfy a need for competence. Analysis of answers to separate questions showed that female competitive shooters are more oriented towards improvement of individual skills and abilities, meanwhile, football players are more focused on process of self-identification and aim to maintain health and fitness levels. Football players are driven by desire to experience positive emotions and excitement in sport. Keywords: motivation, competitive shooting, football, Sport motivation scale. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/sm.2018.2
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