Abstract:

The aim of this study is to reveal the differences and similarities between elite young athletes who are planned and continuously trained. In the study, the relationships between the variable levels of behavior of individuals engaged in different team sports competing in the youth category in Turkey have been studied. The elite youth athletes have been studied whether there are differences in behavioral characteristics in terms of variables such as branch, gender, economic level of the family, education level, parent education status, parent-parent professions. The research universe was selected from individuals who competed in the category of youth in Turkey Volleyball (n:38), Basketball (n:53), Hockey (n:65), Football (n:47) sports. In obtaining the research data, the study developed by Gilbert and Allan (1994) and adapted to the Turkish by Warfare and Shahin (1997) and the validity and reliability studies were used by the Boyun Change Behavior Measurement (BEDÖ). The data obtained from the scales used in the study was used using the SPSS 16.0 package program, the Independent Samples T Test for binary groups, the One Way Anova and the Scheffe Test for multiple groups. According to the data obtained, there was statistical significance between women and men (p<0.01), between the age group 16-17 and the age group 18-19 (p<0.01), between volleyballers and hockey players (p<0.01), between basketballers and hockey players (p<0.01) and between footballers and hockey players (p<0.05). As a result, men, compared to women, compared to the age group of 18-19 to the age group of 16-17, can be said that hockey players have lower neck variation characteristics compared to other branches.

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