High School Students’ Awareness of Track and Field: The Case of the IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships
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This
study aims to analyze the effect of the
IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships on high school students’
awareness of the sports of track and field in the host city, Istanbul Turkey.
Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were
applied to the data collected from total 5,262 high school students
before and after the event. Two groups of questions were asked of the students as participants and spectators.
The main empirical findings indicate that the most significant factors that inhibit high school students’ ability to
participate in track and field activities are lack of interest and time. Also, more
than 25 percent of the students said that factors keep them from participating in
track and field are lack of knowledge of how to participate and lack of access
to a track/facility. Additionally, it was
observed that female students who are interested in track and field would like to learn and participate in these
activities more so than their male peers. Another significant finding is that this tournament considerably increased
awareness of both female and male students. At this point, this study tries to
draw attention to the importance of sponsoring this kind of sports organization
for students and encouraging local and governmental sports authorities to host
events in their cities.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Muhittin Cavusoglu
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University of South Florida
United States
Serdar Ongan
St.Mary's College of Maryland
United States
Cihan Cobanoglu
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
United States
Yayımlanma Tarihi
5 Nisan 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
11 Aralık 2017
Kabul Tarihi
4 Mart 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1
