Bir Doğa Turizmi Olarak Macera Yarışlarına Katılan Sporcuların Zihinsel Dayanıklılıklarının İncelenmesi

Öz

Macera yarışları dayanıklılık ve performans isteyen bir spordur. Macera yarışlarında fiziksel performansın yanında zihinsel dayanıklılıkta önemlidir. Araştırmamızın amacı, macera yarışlarına katılan sporcuların zihinsel olarak dayanıklılık durumlarını incelemektir. Araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’deki macera yarışçıları, örneklemini ise Aladağlar Sky Trail macera yarışı ve Kaçkar Ultra Maratonuna katılan sporcular (75 erkek, 28 kadın) oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama aracı olarak Sheard ve diğerleri (2009) tarafından geliştirilen ve Türkçe'ye uyarlaması Altıntaş ve Bayar Koruç (2016) tarafından yapılan “Sporda Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Envanteri” kullanılmıştır. Ölçek için Cronbach Alpha iç tutarlılık katsayısı .67 olarak bulunmuştur. Toplanan veriler istatistiksel paket program (SPSS 22.0) aracılığıyla analiz edilip sonuçlar yorumlanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde Independent Samples T testi ve iki gruptan fazla durumda tek yönlü varyans analizi (One way ANOVA) testi kullanılmıştır. Cinsiyet, yaş, antrenman sayısı, eğitim durumu ve deneyim değişkenlerine göre anlamlı farklara ulaşılmıştır. Yapılan doğa sporu türüne göre anlamlı fark bulunamamıştır. Buna göre zihinsel dayanıklılığın macera yarışları için önemli olduğu söylenebilir. Macera yarışlarının yapıldığı mevsim, parkur uzunluğu ve arazilerin bu sonuçlara etki ettiği düşünülmektedir. Araştırma sonuçlarının sporcuların zihinsel dayanıklılıklarının arttırılması için antrenörler tarafından değerlendirilmesi önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Macera yarışı,Doğa sporu,Zihinsel dayanıklılık,Sporcu

Investigation of Mental Toughness of Sportsmen Participating Adventure Racing as a Nature Tourism

Abstract

Adventure racings are sports requaring endurance and performance. In adventure races, in addition to physical performance, mental toughness is also a necessity. The aim of our research is to examine the mental toughness of the athletes participating in adventure racing. The research population is adventure racers in Turkey and the sample is athletes whom participated adventure races of Aladağlar Sky Trail and Kaçkar Ultra Marathon (75 male, 28 female). In this study “Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire” (Sheard et al., 2009) was used as data collecting tool which was adapted to Turkish by Altınbaş and Bayar Koruç (2016). Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was founded .67 for the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by statistical package program (SPSS 22.0) and the results were interpreted. The t-test and one way ANOVA analysis were used in the evaluation of the research data. Significant differences were reached according to gender, age, number of training, educational status and experience variables. No significant difference was found according to the performed outdoor sport. Accordingly, it can be said that mental toughness is important for adventure racing. It has been thought that the season, the length of the course and the terrain in adventure races are affecting these results. It is recommended that the results of the research be evaluated by the coaches to increase the mental toughness of the athletes.

Keywords

• Adventure racing,Outdoor sports,Mental toughness,Athlete

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