Title: The influence of skating frequency on muscle tone of musculus triceps surae. Objective: The aim of this master degree thesis is to determine whether and how much influence the frequency and intensity of isotonic load the muscle tone of musculus soleus during skating of a professional ice hockey player. The muscle tone of musculus soleus is the most objectively measured part of musculus triceps surae by myotonometer. Summary: The master degree thesis is divided into the theoretical part, the processed form of research that serves as a basis for investigation in the second, empirical part. Change in muscle tone of musculus soleus will be investigated by using myotonometer, which will follow after a full physiotherapy examination. Measurements will be performed on 10 subjects - professional ice hockey players who are fully manage the technique of skating on the ice, before load, after low frequency isotonic load and after high frequency isotonic load. Conclusion: The myotonometric measurements revealed that after low and high frequency isotonic load of skating on ice rink, the muscle tone of musculus soleus is the same or slightly lower than before load. Keywords: Muscle tone, myotonometer, musculus soleus, skating, ice hockey

Title: Pedagogical and Operational process of Hockey Organizations in the Czech Republic and Quebec Provice in Canada Goals: The goal of the thesis is compare czech hockey system with canadian system especilly with Quebec province and City of Montreal in term of pedagogicals and operationals process. Keywords: Ice Hockey, Czech Republic, Canada, Quebec, youth education

Title: Use of time in training the 3th grade Objectives of work: To find out use of time in training the 3th grade of czech teams and compare them with theoretical knowledge, which recommend ČSLH and USA hockey. Methods: Data were collected using the method of indirect observation. During our visits to selected clubs we made the video, which served us as a source of information and data for this work. Tested object represents 4 clubs in the Czech republic. The data from the video were processed into the charts, graphs created and the results compared. Results: In all four tested clubs players are actively in training unit over 25 % of the training time. Mountfield Hradec Králové and BK Mladá Boleslav join his players in training unit more than 50 % time of training. HC Stadion Vrchlabí waste time 12,1 % of training time, Mountfield Hradec Králové 12,8 %, Bílí Tygři Liberec a BK Mladá Boleslav over 25 % time of training. Skating and individual skills train in all tested clubs with the exception of Mladá Boleslav over 60 % training time. Three clubs applies small- area games over 30 % time of training. Only club HC Stadion Vrchlabí used these games in 17,5 % training time. Keywords: Ice hockey, time, training unit, 3th grade

Thesis title: Prevalence of hypermobility and its potential impact on ice hockey players injuries. Objectives: The primary goal of this thesis is to outline joint hypermobility based on available literature sources. Focus is on ice hockey players due to reason ice hockey is muscle and contact based sport. Secondary goal is to chart hypermobility presence on ice hockey players and detect possible connection between hypermobility and their previous musculoskeletal system injuries. There will be training improvement suggestions set according to analytical study results. Methods: Theoretical part is based on foreign literature and researches. Practical part quantitative analysis monitors selected joints injury frequency and is focused on joint hypermobility presence in selected junior professional male hockey players, 16 to 19 years old. Information regarding injuries where gathered by questionnaire and joint hypermobility test was set by test battery created for this research using clinical physical tests by Janda, by Sachse, and by Hospital del Mar criteria. Results were analyzed in Microsoft Excel 2010. Hypermobility and injured segments matches were further analyzed. Results: Results of this thesis clearly stated the answers for research questions which were placed. Prevalence of hypermobility in...

Background: Internet of Things is one of the most important areas of future technology and countless of industries are directing attention towards it. IoT has now started to appear in the sport industry. One sport that has not been investigated to the same extent within the terms of IoT is ice hockey. Problem Statement: Numerous teams in ice hockey have not yet realized the impact IoT may have on their team performance. With an absence in research on the use of IoT in the Swedish ice hockey industry, there is a knowledge gap on how Swedish ice hockey teams can grasp this opportunity and the main factors that affect their adoption. Research Purpose: IoT creates an opportunity for Swedish ice hockey teams to achieve a competitive advantage and thus a chance to gain new grounds in managing their teams. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate to what extent teams in the Swedish Hockey League are using IoT devices and explore the factors affecting the adoption process. Research Questions: To what extent are IoT devices used by teams in the Swedish Hockey League to increase teams’ performance? What main factors affect the adoption of IoT devices into teams in the Swedish Hockey League? Method: With an inductive approach, this qualitative research explores the IoT phenomenon in the context of ice hockey in SHL. With semi-structured interviews, this research gather data from the perspectives of seven SHL teams on IoT. By using a conventional content analysis, the data collected is categorized and divided into themes. Results: The use of IoT devices in SHL is low. The interest to adopt IoT devices is shared amongst many interview participants. When conducting the conventional content analysis on the data gathered from the interviews, certain themes became evident. The findings could be traced down to either their attitude, their competence within the field or their resources. Conclusion: The Internet of Things is changing the way professional sport teams are managed, coached, and led. The benefits that could be harvested from adopting IoT devices are undeniable, but there are several factors that facilitate a successful adoption. The culture and atmosphere in the organization, the skills and know-how, and the financial situation are all important parts of a successful adoption.

Denna studie syftar till en granskning av synen på psykisk ohälsa inom svensk elitishockey för herrar. Empiriskt bygger studien på en kombination av kvantitativ- och kvalitativ data, i form av en onlinebaserad enkätstudie med 456 respondenter, intervju med en representant från Svenska Ishockeyförbundet, samt analyser av intervjuer med svenska ishockeyspelare som öppet berättat om deras erfarenheter av psykisk ohälsa i media.   Resultatet indikerar på att en stor del av ishockeyrörelsen är överens om att psykisk ohälsa är ett problem inom idrotten. Det går också att dra slutsatser om att det på många håll idag arbetas för lite med frågan från föreningarna och förbund och att problemet inte tas på tillräckligt stort ansvar. Däremot är de flesta överens om att det i dagens samhälle är enklare än någonsin att öppna upp sig kring sin psykiska ohälsa, vilket även visar sig i ishockeyn där flera personer öppet valt att prata om sin ohälsa under det senaste året.

Sponzoring je relativně novým nástrojem komunikačního mixu. Nástrojem, který umí zasáhnout cílovou skupinu, vybudovat tzv. ?goodwill?, zefektivnit reklamní kampaně a dopomoci lepším vztahům s klíčovými partnery. Má hodně společného se vztahy k veřejnosti (PR), reklamou a ?Event marketingem?, měl by však pro svou jedinečnost zůstat samostatným a plnohodnotným nástrojem komunikačního mixu. Jeho nejoblíbenější formou je v posledních letech bezpochyby sportovní sponzoring. Sport znamená emoce, boj, vytrvalost, dokonalost, vítězství ? hodnoty, na něž aspiruje každá společnost. Jedním z nejdůležitějších prvků je ale lidský faktor a jeho pocit sounáležitosti a ztotožnění se prostřednictvím daného sportu se značkou sponzora, a to přirozenou cestou emocí. Firmy zde logicky spatřují komunikační potenciál který se dá snadno přetvořit na jednu z konkurenčních výhod. A to nejen díky vytvořenému goodwillu v očích zákazníků, ale také díky relativně novým, dynamickým nástrojům pro firemní marketingovou strategii. Tato práce se věnuje jednomu z největších sponzoringových projektů, které byly v České Republice realizovány a to současnou podporou národního hokejového týmu, společně se sponzorstvím MS 2004 společností Eurotel

In this thesis, player’s performance on ice hockey is modelled to create newmetricsby match and season for players. AD-trees have been used to summarize ice hockey matches using state variables, which combine context and action variables to estimate the impact of each action under that specific state using Markov Decision Processes. With that, an impact measure has been described and four player metrics have been derived by match for regular seasons 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. General analysis has been performed for these metrics and ARIMA models have been used to analyze and predict players performance. The best prediction achieved in the modelling is the mean of the previous matches. The combination of several metrics including the ones created in this thesis could be combined to evaluate player’s performance using salary ranges to indicate whether a player is worth hiring/maintaining/firing

Name: Radegast Index Marketing Strategy Objectives: This diploma thesis deals with the research of the Radegast Index project, which is for the fifth year official statistics of the highest Czech ice hockey competition. The work was complemented by expert studies on the subject. The main task of the work was to find out the awareness of the Radegast Index project and the association of Radegast with hockey at all. Then design the strategic solutions resulting from the results of questionnaires, interviews and SWOT analysis and can serve to improve the project itself. Methods: The research of the Radegast Index project and the association of Radegast with hockey was conducted using a questionnaire. Another important part of the research was the interview with the Radegast brewery brand specialist and the SWOT analysis of the project. Results: As a result, I will propose Marketing Strategies that will raise awareness of the connection between Radegast and the ice hockes as well as the Radegast Index. Keywords: Hockey, Radegast, strategic solutions, SWOT analysis

It is more common today than in earlier ages that young athletes decides that they want to become professional athletes, and because of that works hard to reach their goals. This makes demands on the sport clubs we have today, if they want the best athletes and the most wanted talents, they need to provide a professional environment where athletes feels that they can improve. This following text is an essay, an essay about talent development environment. More exactly is it an essay about how European ice-hockey clubs works to provide their players the best surroundings to help them become a successful ice-hockey player. The essay Is comparing how different countries think about and work with talent development environments. And then with the help of previous research the authors of the essay come with conclusions which countries that are further in the progress and which countries that are a bit behind.