Adventure Training Model: Investigation of Students' Views on Recreational Sport Rock Climbing Activity

The aim of this study is to examine the views of students participating in recreational sports rock climbing activities within the framework of adventure training model application. The study is qualitative views are used. The universe of this study consists of all six and seven classes in secondary school. In this study consist of 14 students whom participating climbing activity voluntarily. The sample of this research, 13 students (seven girls and six boys) who wish to participate the open-ended interview questions after the climbing activity in order to write emotions and thoughts about the climbing activity. In this study, the recreational climbing activity covers a total of eight weeks. The climbing activity of the students was carried out at the climbing wall in the sports hall of the Faculty of Sports Sciences in Ankara University. All climbing activities were performed on the 12 meter high artificial climbing wall by using top-rope-method. For this application, the necessary permissions were obtained from the head of the school, the parents and the faculty, and the climbing practices were carried out in the presence of a specialist instructor with a 2 nd level coach document. SPSS package program was used for student opinions constituting qualitative data of the study were examined by experts and then the data are coded by the investigator in short sentences with underlined expressions. Content and descriptive analysis techniques were used to analyze the data obtained from the student responses in an understandable manner. As a result, students become afraid before climbing activity, and as they begin to climb their enthusiasm later, they have stated that their desires are increased, their goals are set, their activities are fun and challenging, and their self-confidence and their strength are improved