Thesis (PhD (Sport Sc)) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of a relaxation, self-talk, goal-setting, imagery, and concentration training package on the performance of six athletes in the 1500- meter event. Subjects were four female and two male high school middle distance athletes. The dependent measure was time taken to complete the 1500-meter nm in competition settings. A mental skills training package was developed, implemented and evaluated using a single subject, multiple baseline design. Performance scores were plotted for each 1500-meter nm and subjects' graphs were assessed for intervention-related change against mean performance change and established split-middle analysis criteria. Visual inspection of plotted values was supplemented by quantitive analysis using repeated measures analysis of variance (RANOV A). This study also included procedural reliability checks to ensure that the athletes did in filet utilize the mental skills they received training in. Visual analysis indicated the mental skills package to be effective in enhancing performance times (1500-meter) in the case of four of the athletes. Overall, repeated measures analysis of variance revealed significant improvement in 1500- meter performance times for subjects across phases. However, a split-middle analysis of within subject variation indicated that a significant intervention effect was not observed in two of the six subjects. The social validity assessment by athletes and their two coaches provided further confirmation of the overall effectiveness of the intervention. Social validation checks indicated all participants to have perceived the intervention to be successful and all were satisfied with the delivery and content of the training package. The results support the usefulness of single-subject research designs for assessing the impact of mental training. The present study demonstrated that a mental skills training package combining relaxation, self-ta1k, goal setting, imagery, and concentration skills was effective in enhancing athletic performance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die effek van "n sportsielkundige opleidingspakket, bestaande uit ontspanningsvaardighede, effektiewe selfspraak, doelwitstelling, beelding en konsentrasievaardighede op die prestasie van sportlui in die 1500-meter wedloop, is in die onderhawige navorsing ondersoek. Die proefpersone wat aan die navorsingprojek deelgeneem het, was vier vroulike en twee manlike hoërskool middelafstand-atlete. Die afhanklike veranderlike is gedefinieer as die tyd wat dit elke proefpersoon neem om die 1500-meter wedloop in kompetisie-situasies te voltooi. 'n Sportsielkundige opleidingspakket is ontwikkel, geïmplementeer en die effek daarvan op prestasietyd is geëvalueer deur gebruik te maak van "n enkelproefpersoon-, meervoudige basislynontwerp oor individue. Wedlooptyd in die 1500- meter is graftes ten opsigte van elke proefpersoon voorgestel en volgens kriteria vir visuele inspeksie en die "split-middle" -tegniek geanaliseer. Visuele analise van die data is deur middel van kwantitatiewe herhaalde waameming;analise van die variansie uitgebrei. Die ondersoek het ook kontrole vir prosedurelebetroubaarheid ingesluit om te verseker dat die betrokke sportsielkundige vaardighede waarin proefpersone opgelei is, inderdaad deur hul gebruik word Visuele analise van die navorsingdata het aangedui dat die sportsielkundige opleidingsprogram wel effektiefwas om presf.asietyd (l500-meter) by vier van die ses atlete te verbeter. Die herhaalde waamemingsanalise van die variansie het oor die algemeen beduidende verbetering in presf.asietyd in die 1500-meter vir proefpersone vanaf die basislyn:fase na die intervensiefase aangetoon. "n "Split-miádle" analise van intra-proefpersoon variasie het egter aangedui dat "n beduidende intervensie-effek nie by twee van die ses proefpersone waargeneem kon word nie. 'n Gunstige sosiale validering is van die betrokke proefpersone en hul afrigters ontvang wat verdere bevestiging bied vir die effektiwiteit van die intervensie oor die algemeen. Resultate met betrekking tot die sosiale validering het aangedui dat al die deelnemers by die navorsingprojek die intervensie as suksesvol beskou het en tevrede was met die toepassing en inhoud van die opleidingspakket. In die onderhawige ondersoek is aangedui dat "n sportsielkundige opleidingsprogram wat ontspanningsvaardighede, selfspraak, doelwitstelling, beelding en konsentrasievaardighede kombineer, weloor die algemeen effektief was om sportlui se prestasie te verbeter.

Titule: The attitude of track and field athletes to the recovery in the sport Student: Bc. Kristina Volfová Supervisor: PhDr. Aleš Kaplan, Ph.D. Aims: determining the attitudes of athletes to proper lifestyle and recovery in the sport and comparison of recovery methods in terms of their use. Another objective was the possibility of comparing the obtained results by gender and regional representation by means of a questionnaire survey. Methodology: to meet the aims of this work were used method of questioning when n = 160 track and field athletes of different gender and selected countries around the world completed standard questionnaire on the web portal google. In the evaluation of the results I focused on two major areas - lifestyle athletes and their view on recovery and used recovery methods. Results: work is divided into a theoretical part dealing with the analysis of the basic concepts and contexts topic work, and the practical part. The theoretical part of the paper draws on the available scientific literature related to the topic of work. Next second part is the practical part, where the results of the survey were presented. Research has shown that the most used recovery procedures are an active method of jogging and massage. The use of hot and cold treatments is diverse from a regional point of...

Name: Basic training of the future track and field competitors Target of this work is analysis performance development of tested group of children and young athletes after experience basic athletic preparation lasting one year. Another target was finding out a difference of size performance growth between boys and girls in each class. Testing was applicae on a group of athletes in age 12 - 15, 6.-9. class. Tested children went through enter measuring, following kontroll measuring and finally measuring. They took a part in many competetions, which results I recorded and made conclusion. The enter measuring was made in september 2013, finally measuring one year later in september 2014.. All results was calculated, compared and evaluated. In my work I explored importance of performance increase about boys and girls in each classes after one year.. I compared also a differences in development of children with different weekly training frequency. It was confirmed, that children, practising more than threetimes a week, will reach earlier performance growth and better results. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Title: The effect of stretching on performance of youth athletes in track and field Objectives: The difference of views on stretching as part of sports training is great, so this work aims to prove or disprove its effect on performance. The work should contribute to the awareness of domestic athletic trainers and the results will be applied practically. This work also aims to demonstrate whether the rate of shortened muscles affects the pupil's speed and endurance performance. The work is also interested in whether a strictly adhered stretching plan will reduce the amount of shortened muscles. Method: The thesis is conceived as an experimental study. The study was attended by 30 probands who were divided into two groups. To evaluate the results, a standardized test of shortened muscles according to Janda is used, as well as a run measured by hand-held stems for 2x40 and 600 meters. Result: There are great differences in the youth age between individuals with the almost same age and do the same sport. There are individuals who do not have shortened muscles, but those who have shortened almost every muscle group. The rate of shortened muscle does not affect pupil performance in athletics. Performance on the sprinter and endurance track was deteriorated or even improved, regardless of whether there...

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur kvinnliga tränare på elitnivå inom svensk friidrott, upplever sin roll som ledare utifrån ett jämställdhetsperspektiv. Vidare undersöks hur jämställdhetsarbetet inom svensk friidrott ser ut och hur det ska kunna utvecklas. Metoden som användes för att besvara detta syfte var kvalitativa intervjuer med fem kvinnor som är tränare på elitnivå. Resultatet visar att upplevelserna främst baseras på bemötandet av andra inom miljön, att de tycker det är svårt att bli accepterad och behöver jobba hårt för att respekteras för det jobb de gör. Eftersom studien är liten med få respondenter är det svårt att fastställa en generell slutsats men den ger en indikation på vad dessa fem tränare har upplevt. Det visar sig att för att få en utveckling gällande jämställdhet så behövs det förebilder och mentorer. Det är viktigt med nätverk för de kvinnliga ledarna där de kan lyfta erfarenheter och föra diskussioner och föreningarna bör uppmärksamma frågan redan på klubbnivå. Vidare behövs de normer och könstereotypa föreställningar som finns lyftas fram och diskuteras. / This study aims to investigate how female trainers at elite level in Swedish athletics experience their role as leaders from a gender perspective. Furthermore, it is examined how gender equality work in Swedish athletics looks and how it can be developed. The method used to answer this purpose was qualitative interviews with five women who are trainers at the elite level. The result shows that the experiences are mainly based on the treatment of others in the environment, that they find it difficult to accept and need to work hard to be respected for the job they do. Since the study is small with few respondents, it is difficult to establish a general conclusion but it gives an indication of what these five trainers have experienced. It turns out that in order to get a development regarding gender equality, role models and mentors are needed. The network for the female coaches is important because they can raise experiences and conduct discussions and the associations should pay attention to the issue already at club level. Furthermore, it is examined how gender equality work in Swedish athletics is portrayed and how it can be developed.

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Planning training programs for strength–power track and field athletes require an understanding of both training principles and training theory. The training principles are overload, variation, and specificity. Each of these principles must be incorporated into an appropriate system of training. Conceptually, periodization embraces training principles and offers advantages in planning, allowing for logical integration and manipulation of training variables such as exercise selection, intensification, and volume factors. The adaptation and progress of the athlete is to a large extent directly related to the ability of the coach/athlete to create and carry an efficient and efficacious training process. This ability includes: an understanding of how exercises affect physiological and performance adaptation (i.e., maximum force, rate of force development, power, etc.), how to optimize transfer of training effect ensuring that training exercises have maximum potential for carryover to performance, and how to implement programs with variations at appropriate levels (macro, meso, and micro) such that fatigue management is enhanced and performance progress is optimized.

The process of strength–power training and the subsequent adaptation is a multi-factorial process. These factors range from the genetics and morphological characteristics of the athlete to how a coach selects, orders, and doses exercises and loading patterns. Consequently, adaptation from these training factors may largely relate to the mode of delivery, in other words, programming tactics. There is strong evidence that the manner and phases in which training is presented to the athlete can make a profound difference in performance outcome. This discussion deals primarily with block periodization concepts and associated methods of programming for strength–power training within track and field.

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The purpose of work is to determine the character and frequency of traumas encountered in different events of track-and-field athletics, and the influence of physical therapy on decrease of traumas. In order to achieve the goal, we have implemented the tasks, i.e. we determined the character of traumas usually encountered in track-and-field athletics, as well as the traumas suffered by men and women. We determined the frequency of sport traumas, according to the sport experience. We determined the character and localization of traumas, according to the events of track-and-field athletics, as well as the most common treatment methods in case of sport traumas. We learnt whether the physical therapy has the influence on the rise of repeated traumas. While writing the work, we referred to the hypothesis that the character and frequency of traumas depends on the specificity of events of track-and-field athletics, and studied whether the number of traumas decreases if the physical therapy is applied. The work used the following research methods: analysis of scientific literature, oral questionnaires-interview, analysis of the content of documents (data of medical cards). After the research had been made and the results compared to the other authors, we reached the conclusion that the character and localization of the traumas depends on the event of track-and-field event. The lesion encountered the most often is the strain, and the rarest one is abrasion and fatigue fractures... [to full text]