摘要：In this study, it is aimed to examine the situations that determine the moral decision-making attitudes of football coaches. The phenomenological research design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used for the research. The sample of the study consists of coaches who work amateur football teams in Konya and Niğde. For the selection of the participants, the homogeneus sampling method was preferred and a focus group interview was done. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data which was collected by using the semi-structured interview form. According to the research findings, 4 themes as "human characteristics", "life characteristics", "professional characteristics" and "sports characteristics" were determined. In the study, it was determined that football coaches behave sensitive in their moral decisionmaking due to their personality traits and beliefs. It has been concluded that human life involves a struggle, losing is an opportunity for learning and honorable people will take a place in public’s memory. During the struggle for survival, people can also be alone with the ambition to win. In this process, the coach; Willed, respectful of the opponent, can increase your reputation as a model and leader. With the dignity that coaches have gained, they may have more lasting success. The biggest gains of trainers for athletes touch the lives of athletes by making the value of losing felt. Although football inherently includes winning and losing, coaches want to win justly at the expense of losing. Due to the fact that football is a professional sport, it has been observed that the situations such as playing illegal players in order to win, making opponent red carded by provoking them and decreasing the tempo of the game are also experienced in football fields. In line with these results; In addition to the performance-oriented approach in the training process of the trainers, it may be suggested to observe humanitarian approaches, to protect the amateur sports spirit by getting professional support from the experts in the coaching process, and to emphasize the human-professional characteristics of the trainers on all social platforms.
其他关键词：Physical education and sport, Fair play, moral decision, amateur football, coaching profession, football coach
