MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS IN BLACK BELT JUDO PRACTITIONERS

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the main motivational factors in judo practitioners, male and female. Methods: This is a systematic review and used the following databases: LILACS, Scopus and Pubmed. Searches were carried out in June 2022, without time cut and 7 studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. Conclusion: It was possible to see different motivational directions in certain studies, some of them pointed to elements related to intrinsic motivation and others to extrinsic motivation. Elite and non-elite athletes showed a high level of motivation, when compared to other sports, judo showed relevant differences in the hierarchy of aspirations between judokas and other martial arts practitioners