Abstract
The paper deals with personality characteristics and performance motivation profile in junior competitors in white water slalom. Performance in this discipline puts high demands on psyche of young competitor.
The knowledge of personality and performance motivation of a sportsman, respecting their exceptionality, their impact on performance, motor learning and relationships should be an obvious condition of a training process. It is a case study of an explorative character.
The observed sample was a specific group of 16 junior top competitors in white water slalom. We have used two standardized questionnaires: Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and performance motivation questionnaire (DMV) by Pardel, Maršálová, Hrabovská (1984).
On the basis of the EPI we have found that today the most suitable type in the junior category (up to 23 years) for performing the top performance is the sanguine type with the low neurotic score, with the average performance motivation values and braking anxiety and high values on the positive anxiety scale.