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Relationship between motivational intensity and player's performance of Pakistani national sport

Author(s): Saeed Javed, Abd Rahim Bin Mohd Shariff and Abida Naseer

The primary objective of the existing paper was to examine the relationship between motivational intensity and Players’ Performance of Pakistani National Sport (field hockey) in social psychological approach. The secondary objective was to measure the field performance of hockey players on practical measures. The research methodology is based on both descriptive and inferential statistical approaches. Adopted survey questionnaire and field performance test measures were employed.A number of 296 national field hockey players of Pakistan were selected from national departments of field hockey as samples. The field performance tests and the relationships were analyzed through descriptive statistics and correlation analysis respectively. The results of the field performance tests were found weaker in technical skills and fitness capabilities of national field hockey players. However, the findings of the inferential analysis revealed that variables of motivational intensity have significant positive relationship with constructs of performance of field hockey players. The findings revealed that only reinforcement for achievements was found non-significant relationship with interpersonal skills and communication skills. The significance level was found at the 0.01 (2-tailed). The implications of the study were also discussed.