Deconstruction of the relationship between personality traits of bocce and darts athletes and their level of imagination in sports

This study was carried out to examine the personality characteristics and imagery levels of bocce and darts athletes competing in the competitions included in the activity program of the Turkish Bocce Bowling and Darts Federation. In the research, the correlational survey model was used to determine the current situation. 189 bocce athletes and 130 darts athletes, in total of 319 certified athletes who competed in the adult category on the bocce and dart competitions of TBBDF in the 2021-2022 season were included in the study. In order to collect the data that is going to be used in the research, questions of three different forms were asked to the participants: "Personal Information Form", "Imagery in Sports Inventory" and "Five Factor Personality Inventory". In the analysis of the data, the results of the study were obtained through conducting methods of simple correlation, Anova-Tukey and T-tests. It was detected that there were statistically significant differences between the variables of age, gender, sports branch and whether the participants have another certified athlete in the family and personal characteristics of bocce and darts athletes that participate in the study based on the results that are obtained through the Five Factor Personality Inventory (p<0.05). Statistically significant differences were detected between the variables of age, gender, education level, education level of the mother education level of the father,sports branch, status of national team eligibility, sports age, and whether the participants have another certified athlete in the family and the imagery levels of Bocce and Darts athletes (p<0.05). Keywords: Personality Characteristics, İmagination, Bowls, Darts