Investıgatıon Of The Perceptıon Of Courage And Excellent Performance In Sports In Female Football Players

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the courage and excellent performance levels of female football players in sports according to some variables and to investigate the relationships between courage and excellent performance in sports. The population of the study consists of licensed female athletes who actively play football in various clubs in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of 198 female athletes. In the study, the personal information form prepared by the researcher, the "Sports Courage Scale " developed by Konter and Johan (2012), the "Excellent Performance Scale Adult Athletes (EPS-AA)" developed by Appleton and Mallinson (2016) and adapted to Turkish culture by Esentaş et al. (2020) were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 program. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance and correlation test were used in the analysis of the data. As a result, while no difference was found in the courage scores of female football players in sports according to their income status, a significant difference was found according to the variables of age, education, year of playing football, position played, nationality and league played. While no significant difference was found in the perceptions of excellent performance in sports according to their nationality, a significant difference was found according to variables of age, education, year of playing football, position played, income status and league played. A negative correlation was found between courage and excellent performance scores in sports. While female athletes' feelings of courage increase, their excellent performance levels decrease.