Summer Semester Sports Courses
During the summer semester, Physical Education and Sports Center will be offering courses. Participants may register at any of the Sports Halls.
Registration Dates: June 10 – 23, 2024
Dates: June 24 – July 21, 2024
Place: Dormitories Sports Hall – Indoor Tennis Courts
For Info: 290 1993, 290 3186, 290 5351, spor@bilkent.edu.tr
Note: You may participate in Group Exercise Programs two days a week, Racquet Sports Programs one day a week.
Group Exercise Programs
Dormitories Sports Hall
Full Body Strength: All major muscle groups are able to trained through this workout program. The aim is improving strength and flexibility of whole body with various exercises which are accomplished by using own body weight and small apparatus, such as dumbells, elastic bands, mini and big balls, and circles.
Pilates: A method of exercise developed to strengthen muscles, increase flexibility, correct posture, improve general wellbeing of the body and quality of life.
Yoga; A course to heal the body while making it more flexible and enduring through movements in harmony with breathing.
Other Sports Programs
Dormitories Sports Hall
AIKIDO
Aikido: Aikido is a way of discipline, based on the medieval Japanese martial arts. As a Modern BUDO evolved following the Meiji restoration, Aikido plays a role to be a mean to convey an individual to spiritual maturity through martial arts. Besides improving physical and mental wellbeing, it allows an individual to research and develop the emotional universe out of the intellect.
TENNIS
Place: Indoor Tennis Courts
Beginner: A healthy and fun course where you can develop tennis skills such as holding the racket, fundamental “forehand”, “backhand”, “vole” and “service”, keeping the ball in the game in the mini court to play tennis matches with simple rules and soft balls.
Intermediate: A course where after developing fundamental tennis skills, you build on “forehand”, “backhand”, “vole” and “service” skills with “spin”, “slice”, “lob”, “drop shot”, “slam” variations of these shots to increase your game and match experience with powerful and deep shots in the full court.
Advanced: The purpose of this level is to master the fundamental and advanced tennis shots, to experience and improve techniques and strategies for single and double matches.
Note: Undergraduate students can participate in all programs free of charge.