Motivation is one of the main psychological factors affecting sports performance; it is one of the most important aspects of competitive performance. Motivation means to be inspired to do something. There are many different types of motivation and different levels that have different affects on how we perform. One basic definition of motivation is "The drive to strive" said by Sage (1974)In order for a performer to play a sport they need to have motivation, …showed first 75 words of 900 total…

…showed last 75 words of 900 total…nach as they want to be noticed. Therefore a person with an introvert personality will take the easy option, as they want to avoid failure and don't want to be noticed. If there was a climbing wall, one hard, one medium and one easy the person with a naf personality would choose the easy climbing wall, the person with the nach personality would try the hardest climbing wall as they see it as a challenge.