INCREASING ATTENDANCE AT SPORT TRAINING SESSIONS

Authors
SCOTT D GOLDWATER BC
Citation
D. Scott et Bc. Goldwater, INCREASING ATTENDANCE AT SPORT TRAINING SESSIONS, Perceptual and motor skills, 87(2), 1998, pp. 515-518
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
87
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
515 - 518
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1998)87:2<515:IAASTS>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A lottery incentive system was shown to be effective in increasing att endance at athletic training sessions. 20 players on one team were awa rded a playing card for each training session attended, with a cash pr ize being presented at the end of the week to the player accumulating the best poker hand. Attendance was shown to increase during intervent ion and decrease when it was withdrawn.