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Abstract

Since strength and conditioning has become accepted as a necessity for individuals to succeed in athletics, strength and conditioning professionals have been asking the same question. What can be done to get athletes to commit to a strength training program? Whether in-season or out of season, strength and conditioning professionals attempt to assist athletes in committing to a program using a variety of motivational strategies. The Sport Commitment Model (Scanlan, Carpenter, Schmidt, Simons, & Keeler, 1993) is a theoretical model which can help strength coaches understand the varying commitment levels of the athletes. Specifically, the Sport Commitment Model suggests both antecedents and consequences of commitment. The varying levels of commitment are caused by the athletes' motivation or desire to participate in the training sessions. Athlete's motivation can take two forms, they either want to be part of the training sessions or feel as though they are forced to be part of the training sessions. Weiss and Weiss (2003) would label these types of commitment as attraction based or entrapment based, respectively.

Year of Submission

2007

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services

First Advisor

Jennifer Waldron

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Date Original

5-2007

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1 PDF (iii, 29 pages)

Language

en

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