Determination of the factors motivating and motivation level of the weightlifters participating in Turkish weightlifting championship

Abstract

The purpose of the present study conducted according to survey method is to determine the factors motivating and the motivation levels of the athletes who participated in Inter-club Turkish Weight Lifting Championship. The data of the study were gathered from the weightlifters participating inter-club weightlifting championship held in Mu la in 2008, and they were analyzed with SPSS 10.0 program package. The findings of the study revealed that there are significant relations between the motivation levels of the athletes and their gender, satisfaction level with their branch, age, adequacy of the equipment, their license status, training with different coaches, but the relations between their motivation levels and their education status, and the material and spiritual opportunities provided by their clubs or weightlifting federation are not significant. The highest majority of the weightlifters took up the sport with the encouragement of their teachers. Moreover, 0.6% of the weightlifters have low level of motivation, 51.2% moderate level of motivation and 48.3% high level of motivation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.