Your beliefs about sporting ability

Activity 1 Your beliefs about sporting ability

Timing: Allow about 10 minutes

Answer the following two questions about nature and nurture in the sport you are most interested in and in sport as a whole. The questions use a 5-point scale, where 1 corresponds to ‘strongly nature’, while 5 corresponds to ‘strongly nurture’. By responding to these questions, you can begin to understand your own beliefs about sporting ability.

For each question, choose between the following options:

1. Strongly nature
2. Slightly more nature than nurture
3. A 50:50 equal mix of both
4. Slightly more nurture than nature
5. Strongly nurture

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