Examination of activities of recreational athletes in the province of Kocaeli swimming clubs

Swimming sport of swimming clubs in the province of Kocaeli examination was carried out in dealing with athletes. The aim of the study, swimming clubs in the province of Kocaeli athletes what they have done in free time activity, the time devoted to these activities, events and participation in setting goals, swimming, free time for athletes who are interested in detecting what is to be a part of evaluating.Such a study, children and young people interested in sports and leisure time activities in the development of plans and programs will be the thought that useful.The sample of this study Kocaeli?s are the six swimming clubs. Statistical analysis was SPSS 15.0 statistical package program questionnaires. The level of significance is (p<0,05).61% of the athletes, are evaluating the thinking of enough free time, 39% believe the opposite. athletes in the most free time listening to music, at least if they go to cinema and theater were determined. The vast majority of the athletes stated that the free time to review information about the families, 24% reported not receiving information about this family. friends of the athletes participating in the most affected by choosing free time activities, television and newspapers affected by the events in the selection of athletes who are determined to be 12%. Leading cause of free time with their friends the athletes can come to prefer to maintain international peace. Looking at the athletes had on the impact of free time activities, 52% of athletes in these activities, entertaining, exciting finds offensive and were happy.The research results are examined and compared with the type of school athletes participating in the survey, and parents' educational status and their families informed about the evaluation bilgilendirmediği free time, free time activities with athletes ages and reasons for choosing a domain, and the athletes had left them free time activities, type of school çekmemesi difficulty filling out their free time with no significant correlations (p <0.05).Key Words: recreation, free time, swimming, sport