Relação entre as necessidades psicológicas básicas, a regulação da motivação de jovens futebolistas e os minutos jogados em partidas oficiais no futebol de base

Abstract

The motivation of young soccer players is considered a fundamental element in their sports training process. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of minutes played in official matches during a competition on the calendar of a youth soccer team on the basic psychological needs and on the regulation of motivation in young soccer players. The study population consisted of 30 male athletes, with an average age of 14.72 (± 1.55 years), regularized by their teams that participated in the competition. Sampling was carried out for convenience, and selected participants were invited to participate through a link via Google Forms, after contact and prior authorization from team managers and coaches. The variables were collected through questionnaires, after signing the Free and Informed Consent Form. The Sociodemographic and Sports Questionnaire, the Satisfaction of Basic Needs in Sport Scale (BNSS), the Brazilian version of the Sport Motivate Scale (SMS-BR) and the Assessment Questionnaire of Intention to Persist or Quit in Sport were applied. These instruments were applied in three different moments of the season, before the competition (Moment 1), during the competition (Moment 2) and after the competition (Moment 3). The analysis of the minutes played by the young soccer players was registered through the official summary of the matches, where the data of number of games and time played by each soccer player during the competition were extracted. They were grouped into three distinct groups, the group of young soccer players who did not play a single minute in the competition (n = 16), the group of those who played less than 25% of the total time of minutes in the competition (n = 7), and the group of those who played more than 25% of the total minutes in the competition (n = 7). The results showed that young soccer players who played more than 25% of the total time in minutes had higher indicators of competence, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation compared to those who did not play or played less than 25% of the total time. It is concluded that young soccer players who play more are more competent, more intrinsically and extrinsically motivated compared to those who did not play or played less minutes.