The Causes of Hatred of Sports and Overtraining in Students

This study was conducted with the purpose of identifying The Causes of Hatred of Sports and Overtraining in Students. The purpose of the research was applied and the research method was qualitative. Theoretical saturation was achieved with 21 experts in a purposeful judgment and using in-depth and semi-structured interviews. The data was collected using an exploratory approach through the identification process and its analysis using the qualitative software MAXQDA. In the current research, there are 107 indicators in the form of 11 concepts (physical, psychological, educational-cognitive elements, individual experiences, informational-knowledge, transpersonal, teachers' professional weakness, security-safety, beliefs, support and economic-scientific) and 4 categories (intrapersonal, extrapersonal, environmental-physical and structural-organizational factors were identified. The current research emphasizes on the factors of the intra-personal, extra-personal, environmental-physical and structural-organizational levels in preventing students from hating and Overtraining sports. In this context, attention should be paid to factors such as the implementation of the sports fields that students like in schools, making the sports fields attractive in schools, increasing the hours of physical education in schools, providing sports spaces and sufficient facilities to schools, preparing programs on radio and television in order to familiarize students with knowledge. Students with the benefits of sports, reducing the rent of gyms, showing successful sports people who did not interfere with their studies, identifying the sports talent of students by parents and coaches, using experienced and tested teachers, and holding counseling sessions for sports coaches and parents. In order to prevent students from hating and practicing sports, it is suggested.