Comparison of amateur league football and volleyball athletes in terms of sports coping strategies

The aim of this study is to compare the differences in the coping styles of amateur league football and volleyball team athletes using Stress Coping Strategies Inventory in Sport. The universe of the research consists of athletes in Uşak. The sample of the study consisted of 132 athletes (73 females and 59 males, 17-45 years old) selected randomly. In addition to the personal information form prepared by the researcher, the scale developed in Canada by Gaudreau and Blondin (2002) was developed to evaluate the coping strategies that athletes used during the competition. A total of 10 subscales consist of 3 items and 9 items are 4 items. Subscales; thought control, imagination, relaxation, effort, mental analysis, seeking support, expressing unpleasant feelings, mental confusion, withdrawal and social retreat As a result of the study, there were significant differences in terms of branches, gender and age variables and no significant difference was found in terms of sport age variable. Key words: Sports, stress, coping with stress.