This diploma thesis maps the history of Basketball Club of Strakonice. It describes it's origin and further formation. In the introduction I have set the development of basketball in a global and also national context. In the second part I described basketball within it's regional form. The history is chronologically divided into consecutive periods. This work also contains rosters of player and trainers. I have also added specific archival data to support successes and failures of the team.

This thesis deals with current issues of basketball financing in the Czech Republic and proposals to improve the situation. The objective of this thesis is to determine the improvement proposals of sports clubs financing in the Czech Republic, focusing on the issues of basketball financing. Individual goals include analysis of the current sports funding, defining a legal framework the possibilities for the use of grants and funding opportunities in the Czech basketball.

Title: Comparison of basketball coaches competencies with other sports. Objectives: The main objective of this diploma thesis was to compile a basketball coach's competence list and compare these competencies with demands on selected coaches of other sports. Semi- structured interviews with active basketball coaches as well as the literature were used to obtain desired competencies. Methods: This marketing research included both quantitative and qualitative methods. The collected data from questioning players and coaches was obtained via an electronic questionnaire. The 4 level-point Likert scale without central tendency was chosen for evaluating the importance of the collected data and a semi-structured interview with active basketball coaches had been used to obtain desired competencies. These competencies were categorized into clusters which, subsequently, made the interpretation of the results more transparent. Results: The results of the research identified the most important competencies for the profession of an "ideal" basketball coach. These competencies (20 of them in total) were chosen to take part in competency profile. The 3 most important competencies were following: "knowing the basketball rules", "fair-minded" and "ability to motivate". The comparison of basketball coaches...

v angličtině Tittle (Theme works):Evaluation of condition preparedness of basketball players Student: Bc. Petra Lukešová Supervisor: PhDr. Aleš Kaplan, Ph.D. Aims of the dissertation: The main goal of the thesis is evaluation of physical shape of the elite Prague woman basketball team on the basis of repeated tests in intentionally chosen preparatory period. Methodology of work: Primary the thesis focuses on evaluation of conditional preparedness of elite basketball players in chosen condition preparatory periods for seasons 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2012/2013. The first method to discover basic figures was elementary anthropometric measuring where we determined the weight and height. Moreover we calculated the BMI. For the evolvement of conditional preparedness we selected the test battery of field tests. These tests differ from each other in content through the chosen periods. At the end of the preparatory condition period the laboratory test on the track ergometer was incorporated. The physical composition of the elite basketball players was found out within the laboratory test using the methods that are described in the methodology. Furthermore the lactate was taken. Results of the thesis: Through the chosen test battery and by the chosen methodology it was discovered, that the chosen sample of...

Title: Marketing Communication of FIBA Women Basketball Championship 2010 Goal: The goal of my thesis is to describe marketing communication during the World Women Championship 2010 on the basis of observation and my own activity. The thesis should be able to describe different parts of marketing communication during the sport event. The goal is to create the instruction for one of possibilities, how to form marketing communication of a sport event with the help of the establishment description and the existence of marketing communication. Methods: The main method is descriptive analysis. The work uses evaluation proposal and demonstration, as well. SWOT analysis is made of found data. Results: The theses proved that all parts of marketing communication should be mutually connected and consider each other. It deals mainly with Public Relations which focus first of all on reaching needed popularity. Specialised and mass media are used. Information flow from a sport organisation to media representants should keep the balance between the quality and the quantity. Key words: marketing communication, basketball, SWOT analysis.

Title: The effectiveness of offensive game going on in phases depending on the leight of their duration (on the example of elite basketball team). The target is to learn and review the game offensive efficiency of the best world basketball teams depending on the game offensive phase duration. I am going to focus on the national US basketball team during the last parts of the World Championship FIBA 2010 in Turkey and 2014 in Spain, concretely 1/8 final, quarterfinal, semi-final and final, where I can count with the maximal try to win. The method is to learn, analyze and evidence of the chosen game play effects. I am able to analyze every game offensive phase by the way of game record and to evaluate which phase is the most effective depending on its duration. The target is to review the game offensive efficiency of the best world basketball teams (US national team) depending on the game offensive phase duration. The work should be benefit for basketball coaches in their basketball players' trainings. The main importance is to set the players' game activities which guide the team performance in its offensive phase and get to successful score. The main method is to collect the data from the video records of the single World Championship games. The following analyze and evidence of the studied effects...

Title: Impact of specific stick on the effectiveness of the basketball shooting. Objectives: The objective of this assignment is to proof better effectiveness of the basketball player's shooting of free throws by using the specific stick Propriomed. Methods: The base of the experiment is noting the results of free throw shooting with use of Propriomed and without Propriomed. The experiment was performed on the beginning of the training. There were invited 17 probands in age of 25-30. Out of that 12 probands were randomly selected to special group and 5 were given to control group. The test group was established by basketball players from BLC Sparta Praha B. There was used Propriomed 100/3. Results: We recognized that there was significant improvement in free throw shooting with using Propriomed. There was slightly better effectiveness in the beginning of the training than in the end. Players subjective feedback given was stated as "easiness shooting hand". Also more attempts were directly scored to basket, when the ball not touched the ring or the board. Conclusion: Exercise with Propriomed is useful for basketball player's during the training of shooting. Keywords: Propriomed- shooting - basketball - posture

Title: Prevention of ankle injury in basketball is by using taping of the Mulligan concept Objectives: The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of the tape ankle joint by Mulligan Concept to prevent injury to the area and see whether this kind of tape has a positive effect on the stability of the ankle joint. Methods: The essence of this study was to record the ankle joint injury for the female players during a basketball session after the application tape was used on the ankle joint by the concept of Mulligan. The experiment was carried out before each training (3 times a week) during two months of research and was attended by 10 probands aged 17-35 years who have a history of ankle injury. Part of this study were also two types of questionnaires (input and output) and examination of the standing on one leg before and after treatment of the ankle joint Mulligan tape. Results: When testing the stability of a previously injured ankle joint it was found that all the players had improved stability of the ankle joint by the use of the Mulligan tape at least one level. In the subjective evaluation of standing on one leg all players have confirmed the findings of fact and stated that the ankle joint by the use of Mulligan tape that feels more stable than if the absence of the treatment....

Title: Intermission of the game on the grounds of breaking the rules in young-junior boys categories. Objectives: This diploma thesis aims to find out intervals of the game and intervals of the intermission of the game in young-junior basketball and youth boys basketball matches, and to compare the detected data. The other aim is to discover the reasons leading to the intermission of the game of each catogory during these matches. Methods: As a research method, the method of observation of the video recordings of youth basketball and young-junior basketball matches from the website tvcom.cz was chosen. Using the basic statistic and arithmetic methods, the measured data were processed statistically and, consequently, graphically also. Results: It was discovered that children playing the young-junior basketball have the shortest average interval of the continuous game in all studied categories and that this interval is shorter than the interval of the average duration of the intermission of the game during young-junior basketball matches. The most frequent reason for the intermission of the game in all categories is a personal foul of the player and a ball, or a player with a ball out of bonds. Keywords: playing time, youth, sports education, basketball, rules

Title: The Effect of Postural Therapy Using Posturomed on Jump in Basketball. Objectives: The aim of the thesis is to assess what effect the state of postural stabilization has on the jump height in basketball, to capture the level of postural stabilization before and after the 6-week proprioceptive postural therapy on Posturomed and to find out whether the jump height in probands changes after this therapy. Methods: The thesis included 30 probands - basketball players. 15 probands were assigned to the experimental group and 15 other probands were assigned to the control group. All probands underwent both the initial and the final jump height measurement. Each proband had 3 attempts, out of which the highest performance was recorded. The probands of the experimental group participated in a 6-week postural therapy. The therapy was carried out according to the concept of postural therapy on Posturomed by dr. Rašev. The data was evaluated in program Microsoft Office Excel. For the calculation of the unpaired t-test, statistical program SPSS was used. Results: Measurements confirmed the positive effect of the therapy on Posturomed on the jump height. The experimental group achieved a statistically significant difference in the jump height against the control group. Keywords: Vertical jump, basketball,...