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Selected aspects of sports training in winter swimming
Budínová, Klára ; Zenáhlík, Aleš (advisor) ; Miler, Tomáš (referee)
Author: Klára Budínová Title: Selected aspects of sports training in winter swimming Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to collect available information on aspects of sports training in winter swimming, to focus on the specifics and details of training parameters of a selected group of winter swimmers. Methods: The research was conducted on the basis of a non-standardized quantitative questionnaire. Microsoft Excel was used for graphical processing. All data from Google Forms, which were used to create the questionnaire, were transferred to Excel. The questionnaire was sent to the Facebook group of the 1. PKO Praha v Braníku. The research sample consisted of adult males and females who are members of the 1. PKO Praha v Braníku. Results: The results of the questionnaire survey showed us both agreements and disagreements between theoretical assumptions and practical ones. Often winter swimmers do not follow the recommended practices in the literature and internet sources and have their own. The survey shows that the largest age group involved in winter swimming are people between the age 40-50 and have been involved in winter swimming for 1-5 years. The most common reason for starting winter swimming is curiosity, followed by family or friends. Almost all respondents in the questionnaire survey...
The Effect of Hardening on the Human Body
Berounská, Natálie ; Vančata, Václav (advisor) ; Přívratský, Vladimír (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the topic of hardening and its effect on the human organism. The goal is to fing out what and whether hardening has any effect on the human organism. The theoretical part describes the history of hardening, its various forms and the principles that we should follow during hardening if we want to experience its positive effect and avoid potential danger. It also includes the hardening of children which has its own specifics. Furthermore, the concept of thermoregulation and other concepts related to physiological processes that také place in the human body not only during and after staying in cold water are explained in the theoretical part. In the practical part, three groups of probands are compered with the help of a questionnaire: 100 sports hardeners, 90 hardeners and 95 non-hardeners. With the help of a quesionnaire, it is determined what and whether hardening has an effect on the human organism. After comparing all three groups, the results show that for the majority of respondents, hardening has a positive effect on both the physical and psychological aspects of a person. It was also conformed, for example, that sports hard people and hard people cope a little beter with disease form a cold (milder and shorter course). In the conclusion, all three groups of...

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