Athleticism Through the Eyes of Athletes: A Metaphor Study

Authors : Melek Güler, Bahar Güler

Pages : 223-237

Doi:10.33459/cbubesbd.1557138

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Publication Date : 2025-01-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In addition to being one of the oldest sports branches known in the history of athletics, it is also used in metaphors (analogy) as the ‘ancestor of sports’ branches. It is also important to know how athletes in this sport see athletics from the many branch bars in it. In this context, the aim of this research is to reveal the sport of athletics from the eyes of athletics athletes through metaphors. The research is in the qualitative research model and it is in the case-science pattern. In the research, 136 (female:59, male: 77) athletes were allowed to participate voluntarily by using the purposeful sampling method. In the research, the said, ‘Athletics is for me...........because it\\\'s similar........\\\" an example of a metaphor sentence is used. Content analysis was performed by simulating and coding the reason. As a result, 131 valid answers were taken into consideration. In the analysis of the data, coding and sorting, category development, validity and reliability stages were performed, and frequency (f) and percentage (%) values were determined in the Jamovi 2.3.21.0 statistical program for quantitative analysis. According to the results of the research, 116 valid metaphors and 5 categories were created out of 131 metaphors. The categories were determined as continuity of existence (n:42), source of joy (n:33), philosophy of life (n:20), purpose in sport (n:21) and invalid metaphors (n:15). As a result, it has been seen that athletics athletes produce positive metaphors for athleticism. Metaphors can be used as a tool to motivate athletes in the field of athletics
Keywords : Atletizm, Metafor, Teşbih