More reasoning to this mapped connection:

• Ecological dynamics to decision making assumes that behavior emerges from the performer-environment system, and that both performer and environment continuously shape one another.
• Self-determination theory suggests that the motivation to engage in physical activity is shaped by the physical and social environment in which physical activity takes place.
• Flow theory describes the psychological process that involves intense focus and absorption in a particular activity, in which athletes are in harmony with their task environment without the need for effortful controlled mental processes.