Sports Courses

Spring Semester Sports Courses

During the Spring Semester, Physical Education and Sports Center will be offering courses. Participants may register at any of the Sports Halls.

Registration Dates: February 3 – 9, 2025

Dates: February 10 – May 4, 2025

For Info: 290 1993, 290 3186, 290 5351, spor@bilkent.edu.tr

Group Exercise Programs

Fit and Fun; Fun and sports all in one; A conditioning program involving cardio and local strength training.

Full Body Workout: All major muscle groups are able to train 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.

Cardio Combat: It is a method created by integrating the punches and kicks in martial arts and combining them with the core, leg, and hip toning exercises.

Yoga; A course to heal the body while making it more flexible and enduring through movements in harmony with breathing.

Zumba; A dance– fitness program practiced with its authentic music, rhythm and choreography. Most entertaining method of exercising.

OTHER SPORTS PROGRAMS

Dormitories Sports Hall

AIKIDO 
Tuesday, Thursday: 7:30-9:00 p.m.

BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 11:45-1:15 p.m.

BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCING

FENCING
Tuesday, Thursday: 6:30-8:00 p.m.

JUDO
Monday, Wednesday: 7:30-9:00 p.m.

TAEKWONDO
Monday, Wednesday: 5:30-7:00 p.m.

MERKEZSPOR SALONU

FIT-BOXING
Monday, Wednesday: 7:40-9:10 p.m. (Beginner-Intermediate)

BADMINTON
Friday: 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

TABLE TENNİS

TURKISH FOLK DANCE
Tuesday, Thursday: 6:00-7:30 p.m.

KENDO
Wednesday, Friday: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

ORIENTEERING
Tuesday: 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Although Jiu-Jitsu literally means ‘gentle art’, it is one of the most effective defense/fighting disciplines known today. Basically, it is aimed to neutralize/immobilize the opponent by addressing the principles of angle and leverage. This discipline, which has many standing and ground techniques, allows the practitioner to defend himself even when his back is on the ground.

Fencing; “Fencing” is a sport that involves combat with specialized weapons such as the foil, épée, or sabre. Fencers compete to score points against their opponents by making valid touches. The sport follows specific rules and regulations, including defined target areas for valid hits.

Judo: Consists of the combination of the words “ju” meaning softness, flexibility, courtesy and non-hardness and “do” meaning the way to be followed, principle and discipline. Judo is a sport branch based on certain rules and philosophy, which is formed by the combination of many mental and physical movements, which transforms techniques into behavior by the soul and body moving together. Important values to be known in judo sport are self-control (self-control), sincerity and reliability, humility, responsibility, respect and courtesy.

Taekwondo: Which means “striking with feet and hands” in Korean, is mainly based on defense techniques with kicks and strikes and aims to provide physical and mental development through disciplined training.

Badminton;
Beginner: The level involving “forehand” – “backhand” practices where fundamental techniques are learned.
Intermediate-Advanced: The level involving “drop shot”, “spin”, “block”, “service” practices.

Fit Boxing:  It is a cardiovascular training that includes the fundamentals of boxing training with fitness exercises that increase physical endurance, improve agility and coordination.

Folk Dances; In folk dances, it is a collective or individual dance form with essential, rhythmic, flashy and sometimes dramatic elements, whose origin is unknown and therefore anonymized.

Tennis Courses-Weekly Program 

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.

Squash Courses-Weekly Program

Beginner; The level where skills such as holding the racket, “forehand” and “backhand” shots, “service” are learned along with fundamental rules.

Intermediate; The level where starting matches, simple strategies, dominating the T, effective service reception, parallel shots and detailed rules are learned.

Advanced; The level where strategies based on the competitor, effective service reception, blind spot control, responding to balls on corners and stepping exercises are learned.

“SPORTS AS A WAY OF LIFE” SPRING SEMESTER, 2025
Spring Run, Zumba Master Class, Yoga Master Class, Fit / Swim Challenge

“Bilkent Sports Games”
Badminton-Squash- Swimming-Table Tennis-Tennis-Track and Field-Rowing Weeks,
Basketball Tournaments (5X5) / (3X3), Cycling Tour, Football Tournaments (MEN) (Mini Fields), Trekking, Volleyball Tournaments (4×4)

Note: Undergraduate students can participate in all programs free of charge.