The Role of Motivations in the Consistently Good Performances of University of Cape Coast Cross Country Team in the Unilever Inter-University Cross Country Competitions

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the role of motivation in the consistent good performances of the University of Cape Coast (UCCs) cross country teams since 2002. The population of the study was made up of students and staff of UCC while the accessible population was sports administrators, coaches, cross country athletes and sportsmen and women in other sporting disciplines. Two hundred and fifty respondents were purposely selected for the study. Sports administrators, coaches, cross country athletes and athletes in other sporting disciplines who were present since 2002 were used for the study. The questionnaire was used for data collection. Frequencies, percentages and means were used to analyze the data. The results of the study shown that, motivation (both intrinsic and extrinsic) played a great role in the consistent good performances. It was recommended that the university should make more sponsorship packages available and increase allowances and other external rewards for university sportsmen and women.

Keywords; Cross Country Competition, Performance, Motivation, Athletes