Orientations and motivational climates of the other significatives in young handball players from Extremadura

Motivation is a construct used to explain the increase of sport participation in the initiation context. For it, the aim of this work is to measure young handball players' orientation, as well as motivational climates of peers, parents and coaches. The sample is formed by 127 handball players, which ages ranging from 11 and 16 years old, belonged to different affiliated teams of the Extremadura region. The results showed the association among the different significatives analyzed in the goal achievement theory constructs. Besides, regression analyses showed the importance of the parents in the formation of the handball player's orientations. Finally, the outcomes are discussed and we take some conclusions out in the light of enhance the knowledge of young handball players orientations and motivational climates.