Keyword: «motives of sports activity»

the article analyzes different points of view on the structure, content and importance of motivation to sports activities in adolescents. The author comes to the conclusion that the correlation of motives of success achievement and avoidance of failures determining success in training and competitive activity and global goals setting, and penetrating the whole system of sports motives, forming a clear hierarchical system, which may include motives of physical development, motives of approval and prestige, communicative motives, material motives, etc., becomes of particular importance in motivation to sports activity.