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Analysis of the age structure in the women's middle a long distance tracks from 1945 to the present in the Czech Republic
MALÝ, Filip
This bachelor's thesis deals with the study of the age structure of female runners of middle and long distance tracks in the Czech Republic from the year 1945 up to 2017. This work is based on content analysis, the evaluation of acquired data, along with the usage of historical methods. The aim of this thesis was to ascertain how did the age of female runners of middle and long distances develop during the course of the studied time period. The analytic part consists of the research and description of the characteristics of middle and long distance runs, as well as their history and the development of running schools. Furthermore, it contains the examination of biological age, diversity in sports load in women, basic movement abilities, preparation and training at different ages, including the presentation of the lives and greatest accomplishments of the most significant Czech female runners. The synthetic part displays graphs and charts that were obtained from the analysis of data in yearbooks regarding athletics. The graphs illustrate the development of the age curve in the selected disciplines in regard to the set of female runners of middle and long distance tracks. They not only indicate that the the age curve reached a higher merit for longer tracks than shorter distances, but also particularly show the type of disciplines in which the age curve was the most consistent or contrariwise, the most erratic. These graphs show us the approximate age of peak performance in individual disciplines, especially in those where the age curve was the most steady. Age of peak performance of female runners in individual disciplines is also calculated in the tables. Lastly, it is also possible to conclude that in some of the disciplines, the age limit at which the best results had been achieved from the times following the war up until the present rarely differs at all.
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Stress fractures in endurance runners and their causes
Hlaváčová, Tereza ; Červinka, Pavel (advisor) ; Feher, Jan (referee)
Title: Stress fractures in endurance runners and their causes Objectives: The objective of this bachelor thesis is to identify possible corelation between stress fractures of Czech female endurance runners and their menstrual cycle irregularities, changes in training intensity, reduced energetic intake as well as changes in body regeneration. Methods: Qualitative research was carried out using the survey method with means of non-standardised, anonymous questionnaire. The results were further processed and evaluated using MS Word and MS Excel applications. Results: The results of the research led to the conclusion that a corelation can be detected between stress fractures of female endurance runners and their menstrual cycle irregularities, changes in training intensity, reduced energetic intake and impaired regeneration. The highest degree of co- occurrence was observed with increased training intensity. The next most common connection to stress fractures was found with menstrual cycle irregularities, followed by changes in body regenerations and decreased energy intake. Keywords: Endurance running, female runner, stress fracture, menstrual cycle, the female athlete triad
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Women's 3000 m steeplechase - historical development, motivation of women's runners and factors affecting performance
Svobodová, Lucie ; Bednář, Miloš (advisor) ; Kaplan, Aleš (referee)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase - historical development, motivation of women's runners and factors affecting performance Abstract The topic of this Bachelor thesis is women's 3000 m hurdles race, or steeplechase. The theoretic part inquires into the wider context of the discipline within sports, athletics, middle and long distance race. It also deals with men's / women's steeplechase history, both the Czech and global. Considering the subject of the empiric search the thesis also involves a part dealing with motivation. The goal of this study is the understanding of motivation in the successful Czech female runners for steeplechase racing and analysis of the selected factors affecting their performance. The employed methods are analysis, comparative analysis, and synthesis in the theoretical part. For the practical part the main instrument is a survey. Its results were evaluated qualitatively using an interpretation method involving some tools of hermeneutic analysis. An original non-standardized questionnaire with seven open-ended questions was employed. It was put to 16 respondents picked from the table of the top Czech female runners according to their best ten steeplechase results. Some of the performance-affecting factors have been also gathered using detailed analysis of the athletic statistics....
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