The influence of teammate to motivational climate in high school baseball team

Abstract

    The purpose of this study is to examine influence of teammates on motivational climate of high school baseball teams, to find relationship between motivational climate patterns and teammates factors, and to contribute to improve teamwork and motivation of team members. The study was done on 389 high school players (age of 16.31 ±0.76 years old) belonging to the four high school baseball teams in Japan. The research was carried out to ask each baseball team to fill out a questionnaire that I had made for the study. The contents in the questionnaire were based on their individual profile, such as ages, gender, and so on, and some questions to measure motivational climate of the team and to understand the interaction among the teammates, and to clarify how deeply the individuals were affected by his teammates. From the research, I found the following results: In case some players in the teams show some players who are physically gifted don’t feel the need to practice, this negative factors often influence strongly the players’ performance climate. There is a possibility that promote the improvement of competitive levels by intra-team competition progress. To enhance the teammates unity helps teams improve their mastery climate and competition results.