A RESEARCH ON ASSESSMENT OF COMFORT OF JOGGING SUITS BY USERS

The purpose of this research is to determine the problems that athletes interested in jogging in amateur level in the field of athletics within the scope of thermal, sensual, physical and aesthetic factors of jogging suits that they use in trainings and competitions and to define the features that they look for in jogging suits as a factor that contributes performance. The universe of the research comprises of male and female joggers interested in amateur jogging in Turkey. Snowball sampling that is one of the purposeful sampling techniques is used in the research and questionnaire is applied to 189 joggers. As a consequence of the research, it is determined that athletes most pay attention to physical comfort and lightness in their jogging suits and define those two features as features that affect their performance most. It has been determined that the problems that athletes most face in their jogging suits are quick deformation, don’t keep it cool, diaphoresis and burlings and that ease of motion and fitting to body are first two features that are expected from jogging suits. Thus, it is considered that the consequences of the research will be a guide on research and development activities that are to be performed on clothing comfort on the basis of both academic and ready-made sector within the direction of increase in sportive performance in jogging and at the same time, protection of health of joggers.