Motives of participation in extreme endurance semi-military run „Selection”
Journal Title: Studies in Sport Humanities - Year 2016, Vol 19, Issue 19
Abstract
Background. Growing popularity of alternative, extreme, high-risk sports bring about the question about the predominating types of participants’ motivation. Research results in various forms of extreme sports suggest internal and external motivation, with not fully explained balance between these types of motives. Problem and aim. The aim of the research was to describe and analyse types of motivation for participating in extreme semi-military outdoor named “Selection”. Methods. Participants of several editions of „Selection” game were investigated (64 respondents: 58 males and 6 females). Written self-completed interview with standardised questionnaire (20 questions) was applied. In-depth interview with the main organiser of the game was also carried out. Respondents came from different locations in Poland. They were aged 18-45 (mean age 25). 67% declared higher education and almost half of the group were residents of cities over 100 000 inhabitants (48%). Results. 97% of respondents practiced sport. Most of them (74%) declared that one of sport disciplines there were involved with was a combat sports and, 87% practiced extreme sports such as parachuting, mountain climbing or diving. Intrinsic motives for participating in “Selection” extreme outdoor game were predominant. The most important were challenging oneself, testing physical limits, “adrenaline rush”, sense of achievement after completing the task and belonging to the elite group. The game was broadcasted on public and commercial television channels (TVP 2, TV 4, TVN Turbo), but this was not an important motivation factor for participants. Military character of the game was important for respondents. Almost 60% of them had plans of joining military of police force in coming future. Conclusions. „Selection extreme outdoor game participants were internally motivated and represented „adventure seeker” types of sport participants. They seek strong emotions and like to challenge themselves. Research results comply with other research in the field of extreme sports motivation.
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Michał Lenartowicz, Andrzej Modzelewski
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