Volleyball in TRNC: Reasons for Decline of Interest and Recommendations for Improvement

ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the causes for the dramatic decline in North Cyprus volleyball and traces the reasons in order to find ways to revive it again. With the intention of attaining the required data, qualitative approach was used in order to achieve an in-depth study of the research area. Comprehensive and detailed interviews were conducted with the federation president, club presidents, volleyball trainers, physical education teachers and volleyball players. According to the data collected from the analysis, the main reasons for the setback of country’s volleyball can be stated as economic, lack of interest of the government to volleyball as a sport, shifting to technology period, insufficiency of volleyball federation and embargoes. In the light of the obtained data, country volleyball can be revived with long term planning of regional foundation schools, regulating the by-laws for sponsorship, encouraging trainers who are upbringing players and these new players both financially and morally to provide continuity of the country’s volleyball. As a result of the analysis, the following were elucidated; more than one league was preferred with a high enjoyment for watching and competitiveness. Keywords: North Cyprus, sport, volleyball, decline, reasons, recommendations. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………