Determining the Sportsmanship Levels of Table Tennis Athletes

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the sportsmanship levels of individuals who do table tennis in the youth category in Kyrgyzstan in 2019. Screening method was used in this study. This study has a descriptive and inferential quality. The working group of this research consists of 278 participants, 93 women and 185 men, who are engaged in table tennis in the youth category in Kyrgyzstan in 2019.The study was shaped on the basis of voluntary participation criteria. In this study, the personal information form prepared by the researcher and the Sportsmanship Scale were used to collect data. Personal information form; It consists of questions of gender, sports age, education level, and place of residence. In addition, in order to determine the sportsmanship levels of the participants; a Versatile sportsmanship scale used. The sportsmanship scale is a scale consisting of 20 questions created by Sezen Balçıkanlı (2010) in order to measure the levels of sportsmanship. When the scale was examined, the factor of "Compliance with Social Norms" was grouped as "Respect for Rules and Management" factor, "Commitment to Responsibilities in Sports" and "Respect for the opponent" factor. It is a Likert-type scale in which the respondent ticked one of the five boxes suitable for him/her. It was concluded that the table tennis athletes participating in the study showed a significant difference in demographic variables such as gender, sports age, educational status and place of residence. In shaping the sportsmanship levels of table tennis athletes, it was concluded that gender is in favour of males, in favour of those who are 10 years and above in terms of sports age, in favour of secondary school graduates in terms of education, and in favour of those living in the village in the variable of the place of residence.

Keywords

• Table tennis,
• sport,
• sportsmanship

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