A Study on Sport Achievement Goals of Elite Table Tennis Players

Based on the latest conceptual model of achievement goals in sport, this study explores achievement goals of elite table tennis players in an important international competition. This study attempts a new research paradigm: the researcher combines his role with the role of sport psychology practioner together in an important international championship, from which the ideal ecological validity of the study is expected; it also uses a method of a group of cases, in which each case may present its individual characters, as well as show the common trend when combined with other cases, so the better external validity of the study could be obtained. This study gains a series of results on sport achievement goals, they include the relationship between goal orientation and goal state, and the changing characteristics or trends of goal state in the period of pre-, during, and post-competitions.