This study has briefly reviewed seven motivation theories and it suggests the ways the teachers can explain, predict and improve student`s performance. It also tries to encourage organization behaviorists to use athletic teams in their research attempts, and such efforts can make a valuable contribution to understanding the behavior of the individual students. This research was directed toward rather predicting the future behavior then reconstruction the past occurrences when a given motivation theory was employed. The teacher`s motivation prctices or stragies could be measured for predicting the results in case a given motivation theory was applied. They will become more instrumental in improving the individual / team performance if the teachers begin to recognize that motivation theory can be effectively applied to the sports or athletic setting.