May 2017

Olympic and world champion judo athletes: Motivational aspects

The objectives of this study is to identify the motivational factors which make judo athletes train for years until they finally become world and/or Olympic champion in judo. The work employed closed-ended rating values questionnaires Three Brazilian Olympic judo team members, (men and women) 41 in total were evaluated. Three professional experts of renowned and proven experience in judo competitions validated the...

Author(s): Sérgio Luiz Carlos dos Santos, Luiz Francisco Camilo Junior, Miguel Angel Torralba, Jose Luis Losada Lopez