PLAUSIBILITY OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS’ SUCCESS PREDICTION BY THE AP- PLICATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INSTRUMENT (MSP) FOR ASSESSING MOTIVATION FOR DOING SPORTS

Abstract

With the aim of determining plausibility of basketball players’ success prediction by the application of the psychological instrument (MSP) for assessing motivation for doing sports, a total of 68 basketball players were examined. The sample was comprised of cadets from the clubs with many years of experience in international competitions. In all of the clubs included in this research we conducted separate examination of two categories - the first being comprised of successful players who already took part in international competitions, and the second including those less successful who never entered such competitions. Results obtained in the research indicate that the applied test can be used as the additional instrument for systematic selection of basketball players of given age category when combined with the other tests used for prediction of success in this sport

Keywords

• motive of sport accomplishment
• systematic selection
• basketball