Competence Motivation Theory posits that children's motivation to participate in physical activity is influenced by their actual and perceived physical competence, social support, and enjoyment of physical activity [ 16].
The CMT was used in design of age-appropriate activity curriculum and play equipment that motivate children to participate in physical activity by increasing their perceived competence, social support and enjoyment of the activities.
At one time, this group friendship may have been a source of both support and enjoyment.
As the Protestant Reformation began, the Reformers from Luther and Calvin to Zwingli and Knox strongly supported the enjoyment of wine as a biblical blessing, and Calvin's annual salary in Geneva included seven barrels of wine.
The medieval chronicler William of Malmesbury says that the king also seized and depopulated many miles of land (36 parishes), turning it into the royal New Forest region to support his enthusiastic enjoyment of hunting.
Social support contributed to enjoyment and feelings of safety during exercise class.
For example, Vesnaver and Keller [ 3] indicated that eating with others affords older adults a sense of belonging to the community, social support and increased enjoyment of food.
In this research we identified the associations among children's beliefs about parental social support, perceived competence, and enjoyment in school PA.
But this was a day of celebration for the Watford support, of rip-roaring enjoyment and if their top-four prospects should not be exaggerated then the possibilities have been made to feel rather greater than simply retaining their top-flight status.
In line with this reasoning and previous studies that examined links between teaching characteristics and student emotions, we expect teachers' communicative clarity and individualized support to foster students' enjoyment of lessons, because, implicitly, these features foster students' control appraisals (e.g., Goetz et al. 2013; Hagenauer and Hascher 2010; Titsworth et al. 2013).
