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Attitudes of pupils and students to rugby
Bartůněk, Tomáš ; Janák, Vladimír (advisor) ; Crossan, William Morea (referee)
Title: Attitudes of pupils and students to rugby Objectives: The main objective of this bachelor thesis is to find out the attitudes of pupils and students to rugby. Another objective is to make some recommendations to improve the recruitment of young players to rugby teams. Methods: Primary research by personally administered questionnaires was used to obtain the relevant information on attitudes of pupils and students to rugby. Results: Based on the research, the attitudes of pupils and students to rugby were discovered, specifically their interest in this sport, their willingness to try it and barriers to play it. The research showed on low knowledge of rugby of the people in the main target group and their viewing rugby in comparison to other sports. At the end of this bachelor thesis there are some suggestions on how to improve the recruitment of young players to rugby teams. Keywords: research, interest in sport, rugby, students' attitudes
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Circumstances for drop out of youth in chosen ice hockey club
Rybář, Lukáš ; Crossan, William Morea (advisor) ; Ruda, Tomáš (referee)
Title: Circumstances for drop out of youth in chosen ice hockey club Objectives: The main objective of this thesis is to find out the main reasons that led to the players leaving the selected hockey club. The case study focuses on all players aged 15 to 20 who have left the club in the last five years. Methods: A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used in this work. Specifically, electronic questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Individual questions were developed based on existing studies that address this issue as well as the supervisor's expert advice. Results: The main reason for players leaving the club was insufficient technical facilities. The least important reasons were serious injuries, which prevented the continuation of sports activities and interest in other sports. Of the ten most important reasons, six are intrapersonal, two interpersonal and two structural. Keywords: Sport environment, work with youth, organized sport, motivation, financing of sport, sport participation
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Sports as a pedagogical tool
Blažek, Daniel ; Peřinová, Radka (advisor) ; Crossan, William Morea (referee)
Title: Sport as a pedagogical tool Objectives: The aim of the bachelor thesis is to identify and describe, based on available literature and on interviews with coaches and educators, how sport can be used as a pedagogic tool in practice. Methods: The theoretical part contains an analysis of the literature on the pedagogic impact of sport. On the basis of this analysis, three organisations were selected (Ambassadors FC Praha, Scout, Sokol). These organizations were chosen because their goal is personal formation through sport; moreover I have personal experience with these organizations. For these organisations, an analysis of materials (websites, magazines, methodologies) was carried out in order to identify their values, goals, and pedagogic emphases. In addition, I assessed various psychological and pedagogic studies identifying thus the areas that are most easily influenced through sport. The practical part identifies, through semi-structured interviews with one coach from each selected organisation, what their pedagogic activities look like in practice. In these interviews I inquire about three thematic areas: the values and goals of the organization, the use of sport as a pedagogical tool, and the demands on coaches and their further formation and training. The respondents' statements are then...
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Attitudes and Perception of the Sport Values Transmitted by International Organizations
Petřinová, Vendula ; Crossan, William Morea (advisor) ; Bednář, Miloš (referee)
Title: Attitudes and Perception of the Sport Values Transmitted by International Organizations Objectives: To compare the attitudes and opinions of Czech University students towards contemporary sport, especially the values it actually conveys and which it should convey in our society. To identify the similarities and differences between the individual fields of study of the University in terms of the values they believe sport should convey. The work should also reveal whether the given view of young people corresponds to the values promoted by organizations dealing with this issue: the International Olympic Committee, the International Committee for Fair Play, the European Union and the United Nations. Methods: It was chosen a quantitative method of electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire was created, based on the findings from the theoretical part. For the creation of the questionnaire was chosen server Survio. Subsequently, the questionnaire was distributed to university students of various fields. The questionnaire was shared to the student groups on the Facebook. In the last step, the obtained data were evaluated and interpreted. Results: Across fields of study, Czech university students are aware of the intrinsic values of sports such as fair play, teamwork and self-discipline. On the...
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Post-Career Transition of Female Professional Basketball Players in the Context of the Czech Basketball Environment
Hrabětová, Anna ; Kaprálková, Michaela (advisor) ; Crossan, William Morea (referee)
Title: Post-Career Transition of Female Professional Basketball Players in the Context of the Czech Basketball Environment Objectives: The aim of the thesis is to find out how former Czech female professional basketball players experienced the process of integration into mainstream life, the factors that influenced it, whether the process was de facto successful or still not completely finished, and to try to find the possibilities of potential facilitations in the period before or during the process by themselves, as well as by clubs or umbrella organizations. Methods: The thesis applies a qualitative data research method using semi-structured interviews with six former professional basketball players. The collected data is then interpreted and compared. Results: The process of transition from professional basketball to everyday life was successful for five respondents and for one respondent it was not successful or still not completed. Despite the fact that this is a highly individual issue, the research shows that in order to facilitate the transition on the part of female players, it is ideal to study during their careers and, if time permits, to gain at least some work experience, even if only part-time. Family shaping and influence from a young age, internal settings and priorities also play...
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Snowboard coach competency profile
Veselková, Sára ; Voráček, Josef (advisor) ; Crossan, William Morea (referee)
Title: Competence profile of a snowboarding coach Objectives: The goal of this bachelor's thesis is to create a competency profile of a snowboarding coach based on data obtained by electronic questioning of athletes, their coaches, parents, and data drawn from the answers of a semi-structured interview with a professional snowboarder. Methods: Two methods were used for the data collection - an electronic survey and a semi-structured interview. The survey was aimed at three research groups (athletes older than 15 years, coaches, and parents of athletes) and included questions to assess 40 competencies. The semi-structured interview took place online, and the respondent was a professional athlete from the Red Bull international team. Results: The competence profile of a snowboarding coach as the result of this bachelor's thesis is suitable for all age categories interviewed. The profile includes the competencies the respondents rated from very important to most important. There are 15 of these competencies in total. Namely 7 abilities and skills (the ability to explain the correct execution, the ability to identify mistakes made, the ability to motivate others, the ability to communicate, the art of dealing with people, the ability to ride a snowboard, and the ability to organize activities), 5...
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Coverage of women in selected online articles during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games
Poláčková, Tereza ; Crossan, William Morea (advisor) ; Kaprálková, Michaela (referee)
Title: Coverage of women in selected online articles during the Beijing 2022 Olympic games Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to analyse the gender balance of articles published on two selected online sports websites and their social networks. Methods: This thesis contains an analysis of secondary data, which were studies dealing with gender issues not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. The articles were subjected to a content analysis, which included a quantitative as well as a qualitative part of the research. Indicators were selected after analysis of secondary data and examined by content analysis. Posts on social media were examined by quantitative method of data collection. Results: The results obtained from the content analysis and compared with earlier studies showed that gender imbalance has decreased in the last four years and that articles are fairly distributed between men and women. Compared to the independent standard, that was determined by the percentage distribution of all participating athletes, the percentage of articles written about women was higher. The gender of the authors was no longer equal. During the analysis of the two sites, there were found only four women from fourty eight authors. Thus, the authors were not influenced by gender and wrote articles...
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Continuation of the athletic career of graduates of sport classes of chosen school
Soukup, Jiří ; Crossan, William Morea (advisor) ; Bednář, Miloš (referee)
Title of the thesis: Continuation of athletic careers of graduates of sports classes of a chosen school. Aims: The main aim of the Bachelor's thesis is to identify the factors that may influence the early termination of an athletic career. Methods: The thesis uses qualitative research in the form of an interview with the head of the sports classes of the selected school and quantitative research in the form of a questionnaire that was sent to the graduates of the sports classes of the selected school. Results: The main reasons why graduates quit athletics are interests in other activities, injuries, the time commitment of athletics, transferring to high school, generally not enough time, and the breakup of a group. Keywords: organized sport, education, physical education, primary school, athletics
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Czech Hockey Academies' role analysis in players development system in the Czech Republic
Šťovíček, Radek ; Kaprálková, Michaela (advisor) ; Crossan, William Morea (referee)
Title: Czech Hockey Academies' role analysis in players development system in the Czech Republic Objectives: The main objective of this thesis is to determine which hockey players had been nominated to the Czech under-18 and under-20 national teams during the period starting by the 2015/16 season until the 2019/20 season and to determine afterward the probability of players selection to the national teams mentioned before in terms of competing only in domestic leagues and in terms of competing abroad. Methods: In the thesis a quantitative method of data collection was used, namely the statistical analysis. The probability of players competing in the domestic and foreign leagues was compared using the odds ratio model. All the information collected in terms of thesis composing was verified within practical usage by a qualitative method of semi-structured interviews with two different respondents. Results: During the observed period the majority of selected players to under-18 national team selection for top tournaments played in domestic league. For Under-20 World Championship is players selection slightly dominated by players competing in foreign leagues. The probability of being selected to the players selection for the top tournaments during the observed period was higher for players competing in...
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Drop out in competitive girl's basketball
Lisá, Nikola ; Crossan, William Morea (advisor) ; Mudrák, Jiří (referee)
Title: Drop out in women's youth competitive basketball Objectives: The main goal of this master thesis is to use electronic questioning to find out the reasons for the atrition of former female players, within the last five years, in the categories U12-U19 (the so-called age category 12-19 years) from the basketball Youth Sports Centers (SCM and SpS) that have been assigned the status of the year 2022. Methods: The work used a combination of the quantitative method, in the form of an electronic questionnaire that was sent to former young female players, and the qualitative method, where in-depth interviews were conducted with four coaches and one female coach. For higher accuracy and better com- parison of results, the questionnaire was constructed based on previously conducted studies on the drop out of sports activities of children and youth, specifically according to the model "Questionnaire of reasons for attri- tion" by Gould et al. (1982). Results: A total of 1945 girls droped out from basketball centers during the period under review. 160 former players participated in the research. The main reasons the girls left were: "I felt a lot of pressure from the coaches", I didn't like the coach" and "I didn't feel like an important part of the team". Reasons expressing a negative experience with...
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