THE YOUTHFUL ATHLETES’ MOTIVATIONAL FEATURES
This empirical article addresses the study of the youthful athletes’ motivational features. The athletes are described in four categories: a kind of sports, sex, duration of playing sports, sports rank. 116 athletes participated in this study, their age ranges from 18 to 22 years. The motivation to achieve success (achievement motivation), the motivation to avoid failures (avoidance motivation) and some motives to play sports were investigated. Significantly determined differences between the athletes’ groups were identified.