The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the flow and the forms of motivation established by the theory of self-determination, the self-efficacy, the perceived ability and the goal orientation. Participants were male volleyball players who responded to the following instruments: Demographic Evaluation, Sport Motivation Scales, Task-Ego Orientation in Sport, Scale of Individual Self-efficacy for Volleyball, Perceived Ability, and Scales of Flow Perception. Data were collected during three games. The results showed that the average flow of the athletes was low. There was a negative relationship between the components of extrinsic motivation and amotivation, and a positive relationship between the flow and the self-efficacy in the second phase, and between the flow and the perceived ability in the second and third phases of the study. Regarding the task orientation, the relationship was negative in the second phase and positive in the third phase, in state and regional championships, respectively.
Psychology; Volleyball; Athletic Performance
