摘要：ABSTRACTThe aim of this research is to determine theperceptions of the trainers in different sports branches on the athletes throughmetaphors. The sample of study consists of 72 trainers in different sportsbranches. For the collection of data in the study, “metaphor form" wasprepared to determine the participants' views on the concept of athletes. Inthe metaphor form, the athletes were asked to complete the sentence of "Athlete is like...; Because ..." Inthis study, phenomenological design from qualitative research approaches isused. In the analysis of the data, content analysis technique was used. For thereliability of the analysis of the research data, the reliability coefficientwas calculated between the participants and this value was found to be 93%.With the evaluation of the data, it was seen that the sports club membersproduced 32 metaphors. These metaphors were collected in 4 differentcategories. While the trainers were determined to develop metaphors most in thecategory of "openness to development" and "value” for the concept of athlete, thesecategories were followed by categories of "responsibility" and "beinghardworking". The most producedmetaphors of the trainers are diamond,baby, sapling, bee, rough mine and gold. Trainers often used live andtangible metaphors for the concept of athlete.
关键词：Sports;Athlete;Trainer;Metaphor;Qualitative Research Method
