Improving Motor Performance During Initial Skills Acquisition Through Regulatory Fit: An Experimental Study Based on Ball Throwing Task and Small Financial Reward |
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| Authors: | Lung Hung Chen Yung Hwa Kee Yu-Hsiang Hung Shin-Huei Lin |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Recreation and Leisure Industry Management,National Taiwan Sport University,Guishan District,Taiwan;2.National Institute of Education,Nanyang Technological University,Singapore,Singapore;3.Department of Hospitality Management,Hsuan Chuang University,Hsinchu City,Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Regulatory focus theory (RFT) suggests that performance will be enhanced when there is a match between individual characteristics and environmental cues. Given that the application of RFT in the context of motor performance has been rarely examined, a ball-throwing task with small financial reward was conducted to test the theory. A total of 51 undergraduate students participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to either the promotion- or prevention-oriented task (which were different in terms of how the reward was instructed to be given). Results indicated that students performed better on ball throwing when the given instruction fit their relatively dominant regulatory focus. This finding supports the expectations of RFT. Implications and limitations were discussed. |
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