A Comparative Study of Sports Motivation Among First-Year and Second-Year College Students

This study looks at how sports motivation differs between first year and second-year college students at one of Manila's oldest private universities. The researcher used a carefully designed questionnaire, which was tested for reliability, to gather responses from students aged 17 to 19, with a significant majority being female (74.16%). The results showed that most first-year students were from the College of Engineering, while second-year students were mostly from the College of Pharmacy. Badminton, volleyball, and basketball were the most popular sports among the students. Both first year (53.77%) and second year (54.03%) students said they played sports about once a week, which reflected very high intrinsic motivation and high extrinsic motivation. The study found that sports motivation didn’t differ much based on whether students were in their first or second year, their age, or their field of study. However, things like gender, the types of sports they liked, and how often they played did influence their motivation and involvement