The study of the impacts of the traditional folk dances belong to Denizli region on the physical fitness and subjective well-being levels of the athletes

The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of the traditional folk dances belong to Denizli Region on the physical fitness and subjective well-being levels over the athletes. The research group consisted of 100 volunteer athletes, which was based on 50 girls and 50 boys, living in Kale and Pamukkale districts, who wanted to participate in the folk dance study in 2024. The athletes participating in the study were between the ages of 14-17 and they had not gained any expertise in folk dance training in the past. In this study, The teaching methods of face-to-face and demonstration method had been applied to the study group for 12 weeks long. The results of the physical fitness parameters and the subjective well-being of the athletes were evaluated as before and after the 12-week training Schedule based on the survey. Since the data were normally distributed (p>0.05), 'Independent Samples t-test' and 'Paired Samples t-test' were used in the study. When we analyze the average results of the measured physical fitness parameters and subjective well-being levels of the male and female athletes participating in the study, we had received the fact that there was an increase in the results and it had been noted that statistically there was a significant difference in all results except body mass index (p<0.05) The results of the data obtained from this study were showed that Denizli Region folk dances clearly improved athletes' physical fitness and subjective well-being levels.