The comparasion of the assertiveness level of 14-17 years-old basketball players and sedentary people in Adana

The initiative levels of partici pants were handled according to their experience in sport, gender, the years of their sport experience, parents education and parents income.,In order to have data collection the Rathus Intiative Envantory was used that was developed by Rathus.There were 12 school in this research which includes the Seyhan,Yüreğir and Çukurova regians of ministry Education in Adana.A survey was conducted by 250 chosen students from these schools. Only 200 of the surveys were evaluated which were applied by sports teachers and researches.At the end of the survey it was noticed that there was no big difference when you compared the studends gender, experince, parents education, parents income and students initiative levels.On the other handı t was noticed that there was a big difference between the basketball players and sedantary students.It was ascertained the intiative levels of basketball players are higher than sedantary students.Key words: Players, Assertiveness, Sedantary