Publications by authors named "Christian Urena Lopera"
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- * Results reveal that overall motivation, especially intrinsic motivation, decreases leading up to competitions, and certain factors can explain this demotivation, including fat mass and academic performance.
- * The findings suggest that lower motivation levels in U16 soccer players are influenced by their playing category, academic success, and physical characteristics, particularly fat mass.
Flow State (FS) as well as other psychological characteristics influence sports performance (SP) and could be relevant according to the playing position in team sports, such as the soccer where players have different specific functions within the team. The aim of this study was to evaluate the difference in FS dimensions in young soccer players between training time (TR) and official competition time (CM), according to the playing position and, to find relationships between FS dimensions and physical characteristics and academic performance. A total of 141 U16 soccer players were selected (14.
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