Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

Examination of Communication Skills of Elite Boxers

Y Ksel Savucu, Kubilay Enbakar

Abstract :

 Being a social being, humans can‘t live alone. Needs communication with other human beings to continue on existing. Sports is one area where athletes are constantly in communication. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the communication skill perceptions of elite boxers constituting Turkish National Team of Boxing in terms of education levels and residency areas between gender and age groups.

                   80 athletes, of which 28 are female and 52 are male, present in Turkish National Team of Boxing camps have participated in the study. In the study, "Communications Skills Evaluation Scale (CSES)" developed by Korkut (1996b) was used. Scale consists of two different sections as a data collection tool. First section formed the socio–demographical properties of athletes and second section consists of questions.

All data were evaluated with SPSS 21 packaged software. Likert scale was used and frequency tables were formed besides definitive statistics. On the other hand, Independent Two Sample T Test for examining of averages of two different groups and One Way Variance Analysis for examining averages of more than two groups were used in examination of differences between averages of two different groups.

As a result of the study; despite boxers communication skill scores being high no statistical difference were found between gender and age groups in terms of education levels and residency areas (p>0.05).

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Yüksel Savucu, Kubilay Åženbakar, Examination of Communication Skills of Elite Boxers, International Journal of Scientific Research, Volume : 6 | Issue : 1 | JANUARY 2017

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