Emotions and perception of effort in motor games oriented to formative basketball

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the emotions and perception of effort triggered by various basketball-oriented games: psychomotor game with and without competition, and opposition game with competition. Gender' effect on games with competition was analysed. Sixty-five players (13.52 ± 1.43 years old) from formative teams in Spain participated. The non-parametric tests of Friedman’s, Kruskal-Wallis H, and Robust ANOVA were performed to find statistical differences. There were differences in love between the psychomotor game without competition and the opposition game with competition, with the former having greater intensity. There were differences in the perception of effort, beining greater in the opposition game with competition. A loss triggered greater anger and negative dimension than a win or tie. In the opposition game with competition, a win triggered greater happiness, joy and positive dimension than a loss.Gender had an effect on negative emotions in opposition games with competition, against girls. Players should be trained in emotional regulation.

KEYWORDS:

• Emotional perception
• dominions of motor action
• gender
• RPE
• training session

Acknowledgements

The author Juan M. García-Ceberino was supported by a grant from the Universities Ministry of Spain and the European Union (NextGenerationUE) “Ayuda del Programa de Recualificación del Sistema Universitario Español, Modalidad de ayudas Margarita Salas para la formación de jóvenes doctores” (MS-01).

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

The work was supported by the Grant from the Universities Ministry of Spain and the European Union (NextGenerationUE) “Ayuda del Programa de Recualificación del Sistema Universitario Español, Modalidad de ayudas Margarita Salas para la formación de jóvenes doctores” [MS-01].

Notes on contributors

Juan Manuel García-Ceberino

Juan Manuel García-Ceberino is a researcher of the GOERD Research Group (Spain). He graduated in Primary Education with mention in Physical Education from the University of Extremadura in 2014, and he received his PhD from the University of Extremadura in 2020 in Physical Activity and Sport. His current research interests are focused on the study of pedagogical models and teaching/training in Physical Education and Sports.

Sebastián Fierro-Suero

Sebastián Fierro-Suero is a teacher Department of Integrated Didactics in the Faculty of Education Sciences at University of Huelva (Spain). He has Graduate with highest honours in Physical Activity and Sport Science. His current interest in research is in the study of motivation and emotions in Physical Education and Sports. He belongs to the EMOTION Research Group.

Víctor Hugo Duque-Ramos

Víctor Hugo Duque-Ramos is a teacher affiliated with the Colombian teaching profession. His doctoral thesis, titled ”Basketball and Emotions: In the School and Sports Context,” was defended in 2023 at the University of Huelva (Spain). He is a researcher in the ”Physical Practices, Society, Education-Curriculum (PES)” group at the University Institute of Physical Education at the University of Antioquia (Colombia). His research focuses on emotions in education and sports.

Pedro Sáenz-López

Pedro Saenz-Lopez is full profesor in the Department of Integrated Didactics in the Faculty of Education Sciences at University of Huelva (Spain). He has graduated in Sport Science in the University of Granada in 1988 and he received his PhD in the University of Sevilla in 1998 in Education Sciences. He is the coordinator of the EMOTION Research Group. His current interest in research is in the study of motivation and emotions in Physical Education and Sports.