Investigation of the relationship between veteran basketball players' recreational sports well-being and life satisfaction

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between Recreational Sports Well-Being and Life Satisfaction of Veteran basketball players according to variables such as gender, age, education level, marital status, income level, how many times a week do you participate in recreational sports activities?, Do you have enough leisure? In line with the purpose of the study, the population of the research consists of veteran basketball players who played basketball in the past in Istanbul and who still play basketball in private leagues in later life by making it a recreational activity. The sample consists of 150 volunteer veteran basketball players playing in private basketball leagues in Istanbul, determined by convenience sampling method. In this research, causal comparison model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The sampling method used is the simple random sampling method, in which all employees have an equal and random chance of being included in the sample, and at the same time, it enables the research results to be revealed quickly and easily. The obtained data were analyzed by transferring them to the IBMM SPSS 25 package program. Normality analyzes were performed and non-parametric analyzes were applied. Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Walls H and Post Hoc analyzes were applied as statistical analysis. As a result of the findings, while there is no significant difference in Recreational Sports Well-Being according to the variables of gender, age, income level, education level, how many days a week you participate in recreational activities and do you have enough leisure, there is a significant difference according to marital status. According to life satisfaction, while there is no significant difference according to the variables of gender, education, age, how many days a week you participate in recreational activities, there is a significant difference according to the variables income level, marital status and do you have enough leisure. It has been observed that there is a relationship between recreational sports well-being and life satisfaction.