Investigation Of The Reasons And Expectations Of Individuals Who Played Kick Boxing Sports To Start Sports

Abstract

This research aims to examine the expectations of individuals doing kickboxing along with their reasons for starting sports. The population of the research consists of male and female athletes aged 12-37 and above who practice kickboxing with or without a license in Turkey. The sample consists of 548 randomly selected people who actively practice this sport in clubs affiliated with the Turkish Kickboxing Federation. In order to obtain the data, a survey titled "Expectations of Turkish Athletes from Sports and Factors Leading to Sports" developed by Sunay and Saraçaloğlu (2003), aiming to examine the reasons of individuals who do Kickboxing Sports, was applied. The survey was rearranged to suit the researcher's purpose and administered to the participants. The first part of the two-part survey includes demographic information of the participants, consisting of 8 items. In the second part, there are 8 items that measure the reasons why the participants started kickboxing, 9 items that measure the reasons for engaging in professionally, and 10 items that measure the expectations from this sport. The survey was rearranged to suit the researcher's purpose and administered to the participants. The first part of the two-part survey includes demographic information of the participants, consisting of 8 items. In the second part, there are 8 items that measure the reasons why the participants started kickboxing, 9 items that measure the reasons for engaging in professionally, and 10 items that measure the expectations from this sport. The data obtained in the research were evaluated on a computer using the SPSS 22.0 statistical program. Kurtosis and Skewness values were examined to determine whether the research variables showed normal distribution. According to the analysis results; There are significant differences in the sub-dimensions of the reason for starting, the reason for doing sports and expectations, age, sports style, education level, years of doing sports, frequency of doing sports and national athlete status. While a significant difference was observed between the gender sub-dimension and the reasons for starting, no significant difference was observed between the reason for pursuing and expectations. Likewise, while a significant difference was observed in the marital status sub-dimension with the reason for starting and expectations, no significant difference was observed in the reason for engagement.