FITNESSGRAM is a battery of fitness tests that assess if a child's fitness level is, according to a health standard, enough to be considered healthy. These tests include the five components of health-related fitness: aerobic endurance, muscular strength and muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Students are not compared to each other, but to health fitness standards specific to their age and gender that indicate good health. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify children's perceptions of FITNESSGRAM and determine if self-administration of this fitness test provides a positive experience for the students. Specifically, this study evaluated (a) students' perceptions of FITNESSGRAM, administered in a self-testing format, (b) children's understanding of the purpose of fitness testing, and (c) what effect participation in FITNESSGRAM had on students' perceptions of their personal health. This study used questionnaires (n = 78), and follow-up individual interviews (n = 45) to identify students' perceptions of FITNESSGRAM. Results using the constant comparative method identified four main categories: (a) administration of fitness testing, (b) the purpose of fitness testing, (c) components of fitness testing, and (d) overall influence of fitness testing. Findings showed that children clearly understood the importance and role of fitness testing, felt successful and were pleased with their results, preferred doing the tests with a partner or by themselves, and thought the fitness test was fun.

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(in English) The diploma thesis deals with the physical activity of pre-school children and the possibilities of suitable and accessible physical activities. The theoretical part deals with introduction. The introductory chapter describes pre-school age and its specifics. The second chapter deals with physical activity. There is an emphasis on the impact of movement on human health in further developmental stages. The third chapter deals with the possibilities of preschool children with their parents and educators. The fourth chapter describes the maintenance of health and fitness as important components for the effective functioning of the body. The fifth chapter deals with the impact of information and communication technologies on the movement activity of a preschool child with an emphasis on the issue of game consoles. The empirical part describes quantitative research that maps the current state of movement activity in pre-school children.

La présente étude a comme objectif de comprendre comment les détenus se sont adaptés à l’interdiction complète de fumer dans les établissements carcéraux canadiens. À partir d’entrevues qualitatives menées auprès de dix-sept hommes incarcérés dans divers établissements de détention canadiens, nous avons analysé le vécu des reclus soumis à cette nouvelle réglementation. Il ressort de nos analyses que le tabac permet aux détenus d’amoindrir les souffrances liées à l’emprisonnement, d’où l’adaptation individuelle et collective quant au contournement de la politique antitabac. De plus, la réglementation sur le tabac a des répercussions considérables sur le caractère total des institutions carcérales. La perte d’un droit qui avait été acquis depuis plusieurs décennies a créé une augmentation des mesures de contrôle, des privations et des tensions au sein du milieu carcéral. / The present study aims to understand how inmates have adjusted to a total ban on smoking in Canadian prisons. From qualitative interviews conducted with seventeen men detained in various detention facilities in Canada, we analyzed the experiences of inmates subject to the new regulations. It appears from our analyzes that tobacco allows inmates to lessen the suffering associated with imprisonment, which leads the individual and collective adaptation to circumvent the smoking policy. In addition, the tobacco regulation has a significant impact on the total character of penal institutions. The loss of a right that was acquired over several decades has created an increase in control measures, deprivation and tensions within the prison.

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The theme of the dissertation titled the Centre of Sport and Leisure Time in Brno is a design of a relaxing and sport site „Centrum Lužánky“. The subject of this project is architectonic-city-planning study, which deals with elaborating a concept of a sport centre behind Lužánky in Brno-Ponava. This dissertation contains details of the facility and the area of the current swimming pool Lužánky. The current state of the facility built in 1979 doesn’t meet requirements of visitors and sportsmen anymore. The main aim of this project is the reconstruction of the current fifty-meter swimming pool, a design of a new swimming pool placed under the ground floor of the current building, which will provide space for organizing international competitions, trainings of professional sportsmen, etc. At the same time the busyness of the current swimming pools would be lowered by building a new indoor and outdoor waterpark, especially for the group of recreational visitors. The attractiveness of the facility will be increased by the newly designed park relaxing area and proposed multipurpose area, used as a sports field in the summer and as an ice ring in the winter. Additional value of the facility is comprised by an indoor and outdoor café and large relaxing area on the roof of the waterpark. The whole area increases the community facility availability by a proposed wide range of services for health, relax and sport. The advantage of the whole concept is the mutual connection of all facilities. The entrance to the area is shortened by a designed pedestrian bridge, accessible from the south and north busy areas. The whole project is enhanced by increased number of new parking places, located particularly along the access road, the street Sportovní, going through a green zone. The road and parking places are proposed in the design of residential streets, respecting walking pedestrians. The area has a very rich sport history, which is dated back to 1922. The new concept increases th