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Motivation of children to athletics
Melová, Kateřina ; Vindušková, Jitka (advisor) ; Kaplan, Aleš (referee)
Title: Motivation of children to athletics Objectives: The main goal of this Diploma thesis was to find out the level of motivation of children from the category U15 and U13 from athletic club. In general, I focused on the motivation of young athletes that can be affected not only by the past pandemic situation but also by modern technology and the time we live in. What type of motivation dominate in children, how is it related to the behavior, what impact does it have on children and if there is an increase of amotivation because of the covid pandemic situation. Other goal was also to collect an information about children's feelings regarding to functioning of Dipoli Athletics club and share the results with the leaders of the club to increase the quality. Methods: The research was carried out using a quantitative method using a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire contained five sections of different types of motivation. The first part examined the basic information of respondents (gender, age,..). For the second part I chose the Sport Motivation Scale questionnaire which evaluates how much the reasons of why the children are doing sport are related to the children's participation in sport using self- determination continuum. The main research question is "Why are they doing sports? " and...
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Motor Performance of Students at Sport Classes of Elementary school "Englišova" in Opava
Melová, Kateřina ; Vindušková, Jitka (advisor) ; Komínková, Linda (referee)
Title: Motor performance of students at sport classes of Elementary School Englišova in Opava Objectives: The subject of this study was to analyze changes of motion performance of students at sport classes, grades 6-9, at elementary school Englišova in Opava. The results have been compared with those of common population and other students from different sport schools. To evaluate the performance, seven motoric tests have been used in testing in springs 2009-2012. Methods: I found the results of motion tests in the archive of elementary school Englišova (years 2009-2012). I then divided the students into groups based on their gender and I calculated the average results and the standard deviations. The motoric tests used in the evaluation were: 2 kg medicine ball out throw, shuttle run 4x10 m, long jump from place with both legs together, 2-minute sit-ups, six-jumps, 30 m running with flying start, 12-minute run. Results: In the course of four years, both girls and boys developed the dynamic strength of upper limbs the most. That was measured by a medicine ball throw test. The girls improved by 22,48 % and the boys improved by 65,82 %. A performance drop of 1,24 % occurred in girls' 12-minute run. The smallest improvement for boys was recorded in shuttle run, between grades 6 and 9 their performance...
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