The Effect of Entertaining Fun Athletics Training Program Related To the Self-Confidence Levels among Children Aged 12-14 Years

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of entertaining fun athletics training program on the self-confidence levels of children. The sample group of the study is occuring 160 students in 12-14 age group from Keçiören Hacı Sabancı Primary School located in Keçiören district of Ankara. Both the experimental and the control group were applied Piers-Harris SelfConfidence test developed by Piers and Harris (1984) before and after 8-week procedure. The SPSS statistical program (version 15.0) was used for data analysis.The research indicates a statistical difference (P<0,05) between the experimental and the control group in terms of post-test. In the comparison of pre-test and post-test results of the experimental group, there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test results. ( P<0,05). In those comparisons, it was found that the post-test results are higher than pre-test results. As a result, in the survey made for inspecting the self-confidence of the children in 12 ? 14 age group who are making entertaining fun athletics excersises, it is fixed that the entertaining fun athletics excersise applied to the test group effects the self-confidence level of the kids significiantly. In this context, we can say that entertaining fun athletics excersise positively effect the selfconfidence properties of the kids in 12-14 age group.