Investigation of sportsmanship perception of sports high school students

In this study, it was aimed to examine the sportsmanship perception of sports high school students. In the research, 1104 students from 72 sports high schools in every region of Turkey were reached. The research was analysed with IBM Licensed SPSS 24.0 programme. In this case, t-test and Anova Test were applied where the data set showed normal distribution. The data related to the research were subjected to interpretation through arithmetic mean and standard deviation values. Sportsmanship perception has been conducted by many researchers in the literature. As a result of the research, it was found that the sportsmanship orientation of the students participating in the research was similar according to the gender variable, but the perception of respect for rules and management of female students was higher than male students. According to the type of sport, it was concluded that the sportsmanship orientation of the students with team sports branch was significantly higher than the students with individual sports branch. According to the occupation of the students' fathers, it was concluded that the sportsmanship orientations of the students whose fathers were civil servants and tradesmen were significantly higher than the students with other occupational groups. According to the students' mother's education, it was concluded that the sportsmanship orientations of students with high school, university and graduate education level were significantly higher than those of students with primary and secondary school education level. According to being a licensed athlete in the club, it was concluded that the sportsmanship orientations of the students who were licensed athletes in the club were significantly higher than the students who were not licensed athletes. Key Words: Sports high schools, Perceptions of sportsmanship, Fairplay, Unsportsmanlike behavior