Research in Sports Management and Movement Behavior

The Role of Motor Learning Strategies in the Experience of flow and Clutch beginner footballers: A Mix Study

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Authors

Behzad Mohammadi Orangi 1
Rasoul Yaali 2
Abbas Bahram 2
Mohammad Taghi Aghdasi 3

1 Department Of Sport Science, School Of Humanities, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran.

2 Kharazmi university of tehran

3 University of Tabriz

Abstract
The purpose of present study was to investigate the role of motor learning strategies (linear, non-linear, and differential) in the experience of flow and clutch in beginner footballers. Participants (66, M age= 27.49 and SD =2.68) participated in this study voluntarily and based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants practiced in three groups: linear, nonlinear, and differential, for three months, two sessions each week and each session one and a half hours. The study method was quantitative and qualitative. In the quantitative part, flow and clutch questionnaire was used and in the qualitative part a semi-structured interview was used. The results of Tukey showed nonlinear pedagogy was effective in flow experience and linear method in clutch experience (p<0.05). In the differential learning, flow was experienced more than linear method (p<0.05) and less than non-linear method (p>0.05). In the qualitative part, four factors of purpose, pleasure, effort and exploration are identified that support the results of the quantitative part. Based on the results of this study, nonlinear and differential methods are effective in the flow experience and linear method are effective in the clutch experience.

Keywords

positive psychology
linear method
nonlinear pedagogy
differential learning
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