... potential. Csiksentmihalyi developed the notion of the "intrinsic flow experience" which is total concentration, loss of self-consciencness and total control during activity. When a person is in this unconscious flow state, they will remember very little about the experience as actions are held in short term memory stores and all action is done without conscious thought. Duda identified three factors affecting motivation and used them to intrinsic motivation. The first is "to have mastery over a task", which means to be well skilled and experienced. Second, is ego, "to display superiority" and thirdly to gain social approval, creating a sense of belonging. Intrinsic motivational factors have a great affect on our performance in sport but external factors also play a major part in out levels of motivation and therefore how well we perform. External motivations are those factors that occur not inside of us, these factors could include rewards, medals or money, these ...

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