THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND FLOW STATE EXPERIENCE IN TENNIS PLAYERS

Aim: This research was conducted to examine the relationship between motivation levels and optimal performance mood in tennis players. Research, who played tennis federation due to the tennis club in Turkey is evaluated. Methods: Motivation scale and optimal performance mood scale were used as data collection tools. The scales were sent to 400 tennis players. The data of 308 tennis games that filled the scales completely were used in the study. Tennis players participated in the research voluntarily. The tennis players participating in this study were randomly selected. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between motivation and emotional states of tennis players in the analysis of the data. The relationship between motivation sub-dimensions and optimal performance emotional state total scores was examined. The analysis of the data was evaluated at the significance level of p <0.01. Conclusion: After the analysis of tennis players, no statistically significant relationship was found between internal motivation and identification with regulation and optimal performance mood. He showed that there is a statistically significant and negative relationship between identification and regulation and non-motivation and between internal motivation and external regulation. We can say that motivation can have an effect on the optimal performance mood of tennis players.