THE EFFECT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON GYM, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPORTS
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Covid 19 pendemic on gym, indoor (such as home) and outdoor sports.
In this study, the number of visitors and percentage (%) values to the sports centers for February 2019, 2020, and 2021 and June 2019, 2020, and 2021 were compared to understand the effect of Covid 19 pandemic on gyms. While the universe of the research is composed of 579 sports centers in Istanbul, the sample of the research is 231 sports centers according to the 95% confidence interval and 5% sensitivity calculation. The simple random sampling method was used in the sample selection of the data. The literature of the study was obtained by using the content analysis method with academic publications and research reports that can light on the subject.
The findings we obtained in Istanbul show that the gyms experienced a high rate of member loss during the Covid 19 process. The situation in gyms in different countries is similar to Istanbul. Studies evaluate this loss of members in gyms as a tendency towards indoor and outdoor sports.
The Covid 19 pandemic has caused a change in sports habits all over the world, as in our country. It has been a period when indoor sports activities increased with telephone and computer applications, and applications such as Strava and Zwift, both indoor and outdoor sports turned towards a more enjoyable direction. For this reason, it is important for the sports industry to follow the direction of sports.
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