근대5종 선수들의 자기종목에 대한 인식 연구

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out the awareness of modern pentathlon athletes. Methods: In order to achieve the purpose of the study, the researchers recruited eight modern pentathlon athletes who had been actively playing for at least six years and conducted interviews. Since athletes can recognize sports differently depending on their career and performance, divided them into groups A (college athletes) and B (national team) according to the research participants’ experience and conducted interview with focus groups. The interview took 80 minutes for Group A and 100 minutes for Group B. The interview was recorded using a portable electronic device. Results: The collected raw contents were analyzed using a qualitative research method, topic analysis technic, which resulted in five topics, and 11 elements. The results of this study are as follows. The topics were presented as the life and modern pentathlon, the charm of the modern pentathlon, and the dis-satisfaction with the modern pentathlon and the favorable reviews of others, the criticism of others. As a result, part of life, achievement, satisfaction, long game times, narrow paths, limited facilities, sufficient publicity, positive evaluation, and encouragement from people around them, low awareness, and neglect of the others were derived. Conclusion: In order to promote the development of modern pentathlon, active promotion of modern pentathlon, expansion of infrastructure and base and career support for athletes should be provided.