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The main objective of the present study was to analyze the orientation of motivation, towards Ego and Task, in a group of athletes who participate in Individual Sports and Group Sports in the National Olympiad. 200 athletes (83 women and 117 men) between 14 and 22 years old participated. The Ego Orientation Questionnaire and the Task in Sport (TEOSQ) were applied to them, in the version of the Adaptation to the Mexican Population (2011). The results of the Multivariate Analysis show significant differences between the Individual Sports and Group Sport in the orientation towards the Ego, F (6,193) = 10.49, p = .000. Athletes who practice Individual Sport consider competition and social recognition more important. Although those who practice Group Sport focus more on the enjoyment and pleasure of their activity, with a lower tendency towards the Ego. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Côté (2006) proposes that coach development is the result of a series of activities and progresses that occur as an answer to personal and contextual demands. The main objective of this work is to know and characterize the processes development of volleyball coaches from Portuguese top divisions A1 (n = 7) e A2 (n = 7). The instrument used was the retrospective interview (Côté, Ericsson, & Law, 2005; Gilbert, Cótê, & Mallet, 2006) which allowed obtaining information about significant activities throw coach development. All coaches reported deliberate play activities 2.9) and deliberate practice (3.4) and the main sport activity was volleyball. The career as an Coach was initiated, in average, at 20.4 years old, as coaches of "children participation", in a second phase coaches, are "coaches of adolescents and adults, the third phase happens, in average, at 30 years, and they are "coaches of performance to adolescents and adults" (Gilbert & Côté, 2009). Throw all this phases, coaches had demonstrated preference for printed materials, yet coaches knowledge results from a range of sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of athletic burnout syndrome has received much attention from the scientific community over the past twenty years, new research perspectives has been developed and an approach to the motivational aspects, like the use of the Achievement Goals Theory and Self-Determination Theory. Longitudinal, cross-sectional and/or qualitative studies remain limited, hindering the understanding of how this syndrome evolves over time. The analysis of the relationship between perfectionism and burnout can establish new contributions; as well as specific intervention studies in the sport field should be formulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]