Too, EAkil, MAkyüz, M2024-07-182024-07-181840-29761840-3700http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/5521The present study aims to investigate the motives of children for participating in sports and the difficulties they experience. The study was conducted on a sample of 500 people, 235 of whom were female and 265 were male. When the female students and male students were compared in terms of their motives for participation in sports, it was found out that the teamwork motives of the male students were higher than those of the female students and the motive for participation in sports of the ones who were engaged in sports was higher in all subdimensions except for the sub-dimension of fun. It was found out that the students who were engaged in sports experienced less difficulty compared to the children who were not engaged in sports in various sub-dimensions and in the total difficulties scores (p<0.05). Consequently, it can be said that the teamwork of the male students were stronger than that of the female students, the students who were not engaged in sports experienced more difficulties in many areas, and the difficulties experienced in the sub-dimensions differed between the branches.EnglishPHYSICAL-ACTIVITYMOTIVATIONQUESTIONNAIRESTRENGTHSPROFILESSTUDENTSPARENTSDQArticle