Fatores motivacionais para a prática do futebol de campo em jovens atletas

Abstract

In Brazil the practice of soccer has a greater influence on people in relation to other sports, due to cultural, social and even historical factors. The present study aims to analyze the motivational factors for soccer field practice and adherence in young athletes from a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. All the young participants of an amateur soccer school, from the under-10 to the under-17 categories, who voluntarily participated in the study, participated in the sample. As a data collection instrument, a questionnaire was used on sociodemographic characterization (ABEP, 2016), Motivation Inventory for Sports Practice, created by Gaya and Cardoso (1998), and a questionnaire on the main reasons for joining soccer. As a survey instrument, a questionnaire was used on sociodemographic characterization (ABEP, 2016), Motivation Inventory for Sports Practice, developed by Gaya and Cardoso (1998), and a questionnaire on the main reasons for joining soccer. It was used descriptive statistics to analyze the data. The results showed that the economic distribution of the athletes’ families that were distributed in the extracts B2, C1, C2 and D-E, had as their main influence on the adhesion to soccer the friends and the desire to be a professional player. The motivations for the practice of field soccer were mainly related to the dimensions Sports Income and Health. It is concluded that young athletes are more involved in soccer because of intrinsic factors, such as the will to win and to be able to improve every day, due to the competitiveness that this sport generates in each stage of life.