DETERMINATION OF NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE LEVELS OF 9–12 AGE GROUP TENNIS ATHLETES

Objective: This study was aimed to determine the nutritional knowledge levels of 9–12 age group tennis athletes according to the variables of age, gender, year of sports and parental education.Material and Method: Based on this purpose, the research sample consists of a total of 171 tennis athletes in the 9–12 age group, competitors n: 91 girls and n: 80 boys. In the collection of the data and determination of the nutritional knowledge levels of the athletes, a 5-scale form consisting of 26 questions that Laurie et al. (2003) used in their research was taken into consideration. The obtained data were transferred to electronic media and analyzed in SPSS 22.0 package program