The Importance of Sports Activities in Spare Time for Prospective Students of the School of Physical Education and Sport
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of sports activities in spare time for
the prospective students of Bartın University, the School of Physical Education and Sport
(BESYO). The universe of the study was composed of prospective students who applied to
BESYO special skills exam conducted in August 2016, and 111 of them were chosen
randomly as the sample group, who participated to the survey voluntarily. In order to apply
the survey to the sample group, the author met the prospective students personally and
informed them at first hand. 36 male and 75 female prospective students took part in the
research group. 68.5% of prospective students stated that they had enough leisure time. In
addition, 87.4% of prospective students regularly do sport. Furthermore, prospective students
stated that 67.6% of their parents provided them tangible and moral support to do sport. 78 of
prospective students practice sports when they have spare time. On the contrary, only 1 of
prospective students read a book during spare time. Finally, 63 of the prospective students
answered that sport faclities should be established in every district. This situation shows that
there is not enough sports field for prospective students. As a result, prospective students
stated that their families aduquately supported them to participate in sport and they had
enough leisure time but there was not enough sports facilities for their use. Besides, it was
observed that the student candidates do not have regular reading habits.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Sports Medicine
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 22, 2016
Submission Date
March 22, 2017
Acceptance Date
October 19, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 4 Number: Special Issue 3