Faezeh Zamanian - Department of physical Education and Sport Science, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

The factor that strongly indicates the presence of an athlete in sport is the chance of enjoying sport. A combination of athletic motivation and enjoyment as the initial reason for starting and continuing athletic participation is necessary. Hence, the aim of this study was to comparison the degree of sport enjoyment from its sources between team sport athletes and individual sport athletes. In order to perform this study, 90 students (61 from team and 29 from individual sports) with a mean age of 17.3 ± 1.02 from among high-school girl athletes (from Najaf-Abad’s high school) were asked to fill out Wiersma’s questionnaire of sources of enjoyment in youth sport. Questionnaire of sources of enjoyment in youth included six sub scales and 28 questions. Independent t was used to compare the sub scales of sources of enjoyment between two groups of team and individual girl athletes. The results showed that team girl athletes significantly enjoyed from effort expenditure s sub scale (p ≤ 0.001) and in the sub scale of affiliation with peers (p ≤ 0.001) more than individual Athletes. Teachers and physical trainers are suggested to put more emphasis on collective activities to encourage youth from exercises

source of enjoyment, young athlete, team sports, individual sports