每当我们坐在电视机前欣赏精彩的体育比赛时,观众总是惊叹于费德勒在网球场上每一个精准的落点,惊叹于艺术体操队员每一次完美的器械抛接,惊叹于罗纳尔多每一次过人时鬼斧神工般的脚法。然而,运动心理学家从这些现象里却看到了不同的一面。事实上,他们一直在想的一个问题是:究竟是什么力量驱使运动员如此不懈地努力,去追求场上完美的表现? Every time we sit in front of the TV watching a wonderful sporting event, the spectators always marveled at Federer’s every perfect touch on the tennis court, marveling at every perfect ritual of the rhythmic gymnastics team, marveling at Ronaldo every time Exceptionally godlike footwork. However, sports psychologists see a different side from these phenomena. In fact, one of the questions they always wondered was: What exactly is driving the athlete to work tirelessly in pursuit of the perfect performance?