DETERMINATION OF SPORTS CONSUMER PROFILE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN TURKEY

This research aims to identify the sports consumer profile of university students in Turkey. Sports Consumer Scale (SCS) was practiced. The Sports Consumer Scale consists of five sub-dimensions and 31 items. Parametric analyses were performed on the obtained data by using SPSS 22.0 package program. To identify the level and direction of the relationship between dependent variables, “Pearson correlation analysis” was conducted. There was a significant difference in the opinions of university students in Turkey in terms of gender and sports (

Occupational Anxiety of Prospective Physical Education and Sports Teachers in Turkey

This study was conducted to reveal the occupational anxiety levels of prospective physical education and sports teachers in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of 354 prospective teachers who were chosen by the random sampling method from four universities. The “Occupational Anxiety Scale” was used to collect the data from the sample group in the study. The “Independent Samples t-test”, which is one of the parametric tests, was conducted to reveal the differences according to the gender variable while another parametric test, the “One-way Variance Analysis”. Furthermore, the “Pearson Correlation Analysis” was conducted to determine the nature and the level of correlation between dependent variables. In the study, statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in the subscale of “occupational exam” according to the gender variable. According to the variable of the grade level, significant differences were observed between the groups in the subscale of “adaptation”. As a result of the correlation analysis, it was observed that the subscales of “occupation” and “job orientation” were positively and very strongly correlated, which was also the strongest correlation in the analysis. On the other hand, the weakest correlation was determined to be between the subscales of “occupational exam” and “colleagues and parents”, which was a positive and weak correlation (p<0.05). It was discovered that the occupational anxiety of prospective teachers was generally based on the occupational exam and adaptation

Betting men’s ideas on iddaa (Turkey's official football betting game)

Football is a popular culture area that comes into our lives further day by day and has much more place in life as well. Football legitimates its dominance that achieves dominance all around the world, over Turkey, too. Society’s ideas on football changes into from football lovers point to football society. Sport spectators’ reasons of watching competitions vary. These are thought as amusement, social identity, discharges and materialistic expectation. On materialistic expectation, İddaa (betting game), Sport Toto (football pool), Sport Lotto (lotto) and Horse Racing are ale to be evaluated as to supply materialistic expectations. In this study, a questionnaire forms from 73 question which is 8 questions are on demographic information is applied on 1080 betting men in Elazığ province. Aim of the study is to determine betting men’s psychological and sociological expectations from betting game which is the most common way of supplying materialistic expectation at materialistic expectation ways at sports and their ideas on media and match fixing rumors. As a result, when general averages are calculated at the study in which 5 point likert scale is used, prominent factors are like below: %84.4 of participators are between 18-25 year-old age range, %83.8 of them earn their least income from betting game and %74’s of them state that they do not earn money from betting game. Whereas participators express “I agree.” on (X:4.15) portion on question of “Earning money easily plays important role on spreading this game of chance.”, they state that “Newspapers play important game on popularizing the game.” (X:4.23). Factor of “Government should tighten up control of age limit.” is shown as (X:3.93), “Governors support this games because government earn money from this games.” is followed by (X:4.23) factor. It is turned out that “Participators believe in that there is match fixing at some matches.” (X:3.96), “Believing in footballers fix some matches” (X:3.95), “Believing in referee fixes at some matches” (X:3.92), “Believing in club managers fix matches at some matches” (X:3.91) factors are followed by least differences

Assertiveness levels through some of wrestlers exaination of the variable angle

Bireyin kendisini ifade edebilme biçimi olarak tanımlanabilen atılganlık, kişinin çevresiyle olan ilişkilerinde en önemli belirleyicilerden biri olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada güreşçilerin atılganlık düzeylerinin bazı değişkenler açısından araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaca ulaşmak için, 30 önermeden oluşan Rathus Atılganlık Envanteri ile 14 sorudan oluşan Kişisel Bilgi Formu uygulanmıştır. Bu çalışmaya, 2009 yılında Elazığ da düzenlenen 13-17 yaş arası 4.Doğu ve Güney Doğu Yaz Oyunları güreş müsabakalarına katılan 110 gönüllü erkek güreşçi katılmıştır. Veriler sonucunda; güreşçilerin atılganlık düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu anlaşılmıştır. Bağımsız değişkenler açısından, güreşçilerin; yaş, sınıf düzeyleri, kilo boy, annelerinin eğitim düzeyleri ve aile gelirleri arasında anlamlı faklılığın olduğu sonucu elde edilmiştir.Individuals as a form itself can be defined to express assertiveness, the relationship with the person's environment as one of the most important determinants are accepted. This study; some variables in terms of levels of wrestlers assertiveness aimed to investigate, To achieve this goal, Proposed consists of 30 questions and 17 consists of Rathus assertiveness Inventory of Personal Information Form were applied. This study, Held in 2009 in Elazıg between the ages of 13-17 and South East 4.East Summer Games 110 volunteers participated in wrestling matches male wrestlers participated. As a result of data; It is understood that high levels of assertiveness wrestler, in terms of dependent variable, wrestlers’ age, grade levels, weight, height, mothers' education levels and family income among the results were statistically significant found

Expectation and satisfaction of youths who participate to summer camps in Turkey

Summer camps are an international voluntary youth movement. It provides positive changes in youth’s behavior. The purpose of this study was to determine the perspectives and expectations of the youths who attended as campers in Turkish summer camps and to give broad information about physical conditions of the camps and their practice methods. Between the ages of 18-24, total of 416 youths have participated. The survey has 32 questions and acquired data was analyzed with a statistical program in level of p<0.05. In conclusion, camps had the opportunity to make long lasting friendships in a friendly environment

Wrestlers trait anxiety level of some variables of the investigation

Sürekli kaygı; Bireyin kaygı yaşantısına olan yatkınlığı olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda kişinin içinde bulunduğu durumları genellikle stresli algılama ya da stres olarak yorumlama eğilimi de denebilir. Bu çalışmada; güreşçilerin sürekli kaygı düzeylerinin bazı değişkenler açısından araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaca ulaşmak için, Spielberg ve arkadaşları (1970) tarafından bireylerin sürekli kaygı düzeylerinin ölçülmesi amacıyla geliştirilen Öner ve Le Compte (1983.) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan, 20 sorudan oluşan sürekli kaygı ölçeği güreşçilere uygulanmıştır. Araştırma, 22 ilden 110 güreşçinin katılımıyla Elazığ ilinde gerçekleştirilen 4.Doğu ve Güney Doğu yaz oyunlarına katılan 13-17 yaş arasındaki 110 erkek güreşçi ile sınırlıdır. Elde edilen veriler sonucunda müsabakalara katılan güreşçilerin kaygı düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu, bu farklılıkların yaş, eğitim gördükleri sınıf düzeyi, kardeş sayıları, baba meslekleri arasında istatistikî anlamda anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilmiştir.Trait anxiety; The individual's predisposition to anxiety is defined as life In this context, within a person's perception or stressful situations are often interpreted as a tendency to stress may be called. This study wrestler in terms of some variables of constant anxiety levels aimed to investigate to achieve this goal, by Spielberg and his friends(1970) in order to measure their anxiety levels of individuals continuously developed tailored to Turkish by Öner and Le Compte (1983), consisting of 20 questions concerned the permanent scale was applied to wrestlers. Survey, 22 cities in the province of Elazig conducted with the participation of 110 wrestlers to the South East 4.Doğu summer 110 boys between the ages of 13-17 participated in the game is limited to wrestlers The data obtained as a result of the wrestlers participating in events where the high levels of anxiety, these differences in age, education level of their class, number of siblings, fathers between professions were statistically significant differences in mea

Analysis of national education ministry youth camps’ participant satisfaction

Bu araştırmada, farklı yaş grubundaki gençlerin Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı (MEB) Okul İçi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı (OBESİD), tarafından organize edilen gençlik kamplarının analizi ve kamplara katılan 12-14 yaş grubu ve 15-17 yaş grubu gençlerin beklenti ve memnuniyet düzeylerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın evreni Türkiye’de bulunan Gençlik kampları olup, örneklemi MEB OBESİD’in düzenlemiş olduğu yaz gençlik kamplarına katılan 704 genç (361 erkek, 343 bayan)’den oluşmuştur. Araştırma sonunda veriler SPSS 17,0 programında analiz edilmiş, verilerin istatistikî anlamda geçerliliği için 0,05 anlamlılık düzeyi kabul edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre; Kamplara arkadaş, öğretmen ve ailemin önerisi ile katılımın daha fazla olduğu, gençlik kamplarının daha çok ilde yaygınlaştırılmasının gerektiği ve gençlik kamplarına katılanların torpille seçilmedikleri yönünde görüş bildirmişlerdir. Sonuç olarak yıllık ortalama 3500 öğrencinin faydalandığı yaz gençlik kamplarından, daha fazla gencin faydalanabilmesi ve gençlik kampı kültürünün oluşturulması sağlanmalıdır.The purpose of this research was to analyze the youth camp participants’ expectation and satisfaction levels at camps organized by Ministry of National Education’s Physical Education Department (OBESID). This study was focused on age groups of 12-14 and 15-17 years. The target population of the study was the participants of OBESID administered summer youth camps. The study was conducted with 704 participants attending Youth Camps (361 females and 343 males). The research results were evaluated by SPSS 17.0 program and the level of significance was assumed as 0.5. According to the research results, camps’ attendance was suggested either by a friend, a teacher or family members. Other findings of the research suggest that these camps should be available in more cities and selection process should be unbiased and uncorrupted. The conclusion reached as a result of this research was that in order to attract more attendees, than the current 3500 youth camps participants annually, camping culture should be create

The effect of FIFA-11 movements on the prevention of injuries to hearing-impaired football players

The efficacy of the FIFA-11 program for preventing injuries was examined with the purpose of decreasing the injuries of hearing-impaired football players. Two teams which play in the 1st League for the Turkish hearing-impaired, both in same group and from same geographical region, were chosen. The FIFA-11 program for the prevention of football injuries was applied on one of these teams. The second team was chosen as the control group. The control group continued its routine training throughout season. Their injury level was assessed using the Fysion Blesreg questionnaire form before and after the season. The injury incidence for the education group for 1000 hours of play was found to be 51.66, and it was found to be 92.98 for the control group. It was determined to be 17.22 for the education group and 30.99 for control group in training. Nine point four percent of the injuries received by the control group had appeared as a result of fights they had with their rivals after match. There are percentage differences between injury variations of the education group and the control group. The present study proves that regular applications such as FIFA-11 on hearing-impaired sportsmen can decrease the rate of injuries

Investigation of physical and anthropometric measurements in male children who doing taekwondo sports aged 7 to 8 years

Bu çalışmada; 7-8 yaş erkek sporcuların, fiziksel ve antropometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Araştırmaya Kayseri, Konya, Nevşehir, Kırşehir ve Malatya illerinden toplam 280 lisanslı taekwondocu gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Katılımcıların boy uzunluğu, vücut ağırlığı, beden kitle indeksi (BKİ), vücut yağ yüzdesi (VYY), el uzunluğu, toplam kol uzunluğu, kulaç uzunluğu, büst uzunluğu, alt ekstremite uzunluğu, baş çevresi, omuz çevresi, bel çevresi, kalça çevresi, biceps çevresi, ön kol çevresi, qudriceps çevresi, kalf çevresi, omuz genişliği, dirsek genişliği, kalça genişliği, esneklik, 30 sn mekik, sağ ve sol el pençe kuvvetleri ölçülmüştür. Araştırmada her iki grup arasındaki farklılıkların belirlenmesi için bağımsız „t‟ testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda,sporcuların yaşlarına göre BKİ, kulaç uzunluğu, büst uzunluğu ve alt ekstremite uzunluğu parametrelerinde p<0,05 düzeyinde, toplam kol uzunluğu, diz genişliği ve sol pençe kuvveti parametrelerinde p<0,01 düzeyinde anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmuştur.In this study; it was aimed to investigate the physical and anthropetric characteristics of male athletes in 7-8 years.Total 280 licensed children who are doing taekwondo sport from Kayseri, Konya, Nevşehir, Kırşehir and Malatya as a volunteer participated to this study. Participants' height, body weight, body mass index(BMI), body fat percentage(BFP), hand length, head circumference, shoulder circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference, biceps circumference, forearm circumference, quadriceps circumference, calf circumference, shoulder width, elbow width, hip width, flexibility, 30 second abdominal strength (shuttle), right and left hand grip strength was measured. Independent‟t‟ test was applied to determine the differences between two groups in study. As a result, athletes BMI according to age, arm span, bust length, and lower extremity length parameters of p < 0.01 level, significant differences were found

In primary lesson of physical education teachers guide books used in views of the class by teacher evaluation

Araştırmanın evreni, özel ve kamu eğitim kurumlarında görev yapan sınıf öğretmenleridir. Örneklem ise Elazığ il merkezi ve ilçelerinde görev yapan 468 sınıf öğretmeni ile sınırlıdır. Ölçeğin Cronbach Alpha iç tutarlılık katsayısı 0,87, Bartlett testi 2671,773 ve katsayısı KMO 0,873 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular sonucunda, sınıf öğretmenlerine yönelik beden eğitimi dersiyle ilgili kılavuz kitap hazırlanmalıdır sorusuna 4,28 ortalama ve kılavuz kitaptaki uygulamalar için okulda spor gereç yetersizliği vardır sorusuna 3,59 ortalamayla olumlu görüş bildirmişlerdir. Beden eğitimi dersine yönelik hizmet içi eğitim kursuna katıldım sorusuna 2,19 ortalama ve kılavuz kitapta yer alan yeni programın uygulanması için okuldaki spor araç-gereçlerinin yetersizliği var sorusuna ise 3,59 ortalamayla olumsuz yönde görüş bildirmişlerdir. Sonuç olarak, beden eğitimi kılavuz kitaplarının sınıf öğretmenleri için anlaşılır olmadığından tekrar gözden geçirilmesi gerektiği, sınıf öğretmenlerinin beden eğitimi dersi ile ilgili mutlaka hizmetçi eğitimi kurslara katılmaları gerektiği gibi sonuçlar ortaya çıkmıştırUniverse of the private and public educational institutions are classroom teachers who work. Elazig provinces and districts in the sample of 468 teachers who work with is limited. Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient of 0.87, Bartlett test and 2671.773 KMO coefficient was calculated as 0.873. As a result of the findings, physical education courses for teachers should be prepared with questions about the guide books and guide books to the 4.28 average in school sports equipment for applications is lack of positive feedback to the question were averaging 3.59. Physical education courses for the in-service training courses I attended to the question 2.19 average and guide books in the new program for the implementation of school sports equipment shortcomings of there to the question of the 3.59 average of the negative comments reported. As a result, physical education guide books classroom for teachers to understand that the review should be the classroom teachers' physical education classes with absolutely maid training courses to attend as required results have emerged