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Title: Conditional abilities of Czech ice hockey players in NHL according to the anaerobic Wingate test Aims: The aim of this thesis was to find out and evaluate the level of anaerobic readiness of selected Czech forwards and defenders playing in NHL between 2001/2002 and 2015/2016 seasons. The evaluation was based on comparison of the results in Wingate test of the research groups and specified standards of the first league (ELH) players. The other purpose was to find out whether there are differences between the results of the forwards and defenders. Methods: There were used the research methods of quantitative analysis including effect size. Research sample consists of the group of 26 forwards (mean age = 20.5 ± 4.4) and the group of 16 defenders (mean age = 23.2 ± 4.5) who have played in NHL. Results of the main parameters, i.e. peak power output, peak power relative to 1 kg of body mass, anaerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity relative to 1 kg of body mass, of the 30 s anaerobic Wingate were used. The data were collected from database of Faculty of PE and sport, Charles University in Prague and confronted with the first league ELH standards from the longitudinal research (Heller, Vodička 2014). The comparison was based on the mean values and dispersion of performances, effect sizes were...

Title: Analysis of the load of ice hockey referees in the extraliga and the II. liga Objectives: The main goal of my diploma thesis is to analyze the load of referees in Tipsport Extraliga ledního hokeje and II. liga ledního hokeje. Methods: For my research I chose the method of monitoring the heart rate of referees using POLAR cardiotachometers, as another method I used monitoring the intensity of the refferee' load and last was the invasive method of measuring lactate using SCOUT Sirius lactate meter and then Lactate Scout Start Set SensLab. The investigation was carried out on a total of 12 judges II. liga (4 main referees and 8 line referees) and on 19 Tipsport Extraliga ledního hokeje referees (10 main referees and 9 line referees). In total, 31 referees aged 30.1 ± 6.2 years. Heart rate was measured in all referees. The intensity of the load was measured for 19 referees, specifically 8 referees from II. liga ledního hokeje (4 main referees and 4 line referees) and 11 referees from the Tipsport Extraliga ledního hokeje (7 main and 4 line). Lactate was taken from 21 referees, of which 12 TELH referees (6 main referees and 6 line referees) and 9 referees of the II. Ice Hockey League (3 main referees and 6 line referees). Results: The analysis of the results showed that the intensity of the load...

This diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of predicting success in athletes in the short- term, process-oriented goal-setting method using the NEO-FFI inventory. The first part of the thesis describes the five-factor model of personality and the possibilities of its psychodiagnostics' measurement. The second part of the thesis describes the mechanisms of the goal-setting method with rules and procedures for its effective application. The method of goal-setting is then connected in theory as well as research with a five-factor personality model using a correlation study in real conditions. The research sample consisted of 316 performance ice-hockey players aged 15 to 19 years. These players underwent the goal- setting method and the personality traits measurement using NEO-FFI. The strongest predictor of success found using the goal-setting method was the size of the selected goal. Of the personality traits, it was merely a trait extraversion, which, however, provided a relatively weak prediction option.

”BOOOM!”, ”JAAA”, ”Han gräver in pucken”, ”Hugger på en retur”. Ja, så kan det se ut när du besöker en ishockeyförenings twitterkonto under en match. Denna uppsats syfte är att se vilka retoriska strategier som herrishockeyföreningar i SHL, Svenska Hockeyligan, använder i tweets under matcher samt hur detta påverkar kommunikation med deras fans och annan publik. De retoriska begrepp som används för att uppnå syftet är den retoriska situationen, de tre övertygelsemedlen ethos, pathos och logos, troperna metafor, metonymi, synekdoke och ironi samt decorum. Det teoretiska begreppet framing används för att undersöka hur dessa tweets ramar in vissa händelser i återberättandet av matcherna medan vissa händelser stängs ute och hur detta påverkar mottagarna. Resultatet visar att retoriska begrepp används i relativ hög grad bland ishockeyföreningarna som undersökts. Dessutom används ett språk specifikt för ishockey som innebär att föreningarna anpassar sitt språk väl till målgruppen. Det visar också att föreningarna ofta lyfter fram sitt eget lag och att rapporteringen av matchen inte är helt objektiv och att endast det som sticker ut i matchen syns i tweetsen. / ”BOOOM!”, ”YEEES!”, ”He digs the puck into the goal”, ”Chopping on a rebound”. That is how it can look like when you watch an ice hockey club’s twitter account during a game. The purpose of this essay is to see which rhetorical strategies the hockey clubs in the Swedish Hockey League use in their tweets during games and how that affect their communication with the fans and others. The rhetorical tools that is used to achieve the purpose of this essay is the rhetorical situation, ethos, pathos and logos, the tropes. metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony and also the concept decorum. The theoretical concept framing is used to analyze how these tweets frame some events in the reporting of the games while some events is exclused and how that is affect the recipients. The result shows that rhetorical tools is widely used by the hockey clubs in this essay. It also shows that a specific hockey language is used which means that the clubs adjust their langugage to the target group. Further it shows that the clubs in a higher grade tweet about their own team and that the reporting of the game is not entirely objective and only what stands out in the game is tweeted about.

Title: Relation between selected off-ice tests, somatotype and performance in on-ice Illinois Agility tests in junior ice hockey players from Czech elite category. Objective: The aim of this thesis was to verify whether the somatotype and off-ice tests are significant predictors for performance in on-ice agility tests in junior ice hockey players from Czech elite category. Methods: The research sample consisted of 32 junior hockey players (17 defenders and 15 forwards) ̅ = 17.64 ± 1.02 from Czech elite category. The Heath and Carter (1990) method for measuring of somatotype was used. The off-ice tests included Squat Jump, Countermovement Jump, Free Arm Countermovement Jump, Broad Jump, Five-Jump test, Sit and Reach, Pull-ups and off-ice Illinois Agility with (small size) ball. Further, on-ice Illinois Agility with puck and Illinois Agility without puck were used as dependent variables. The differences in performance between defenders and forwards were analysed by Aspin-Welch's two-sample T-test with Effect size (ES) Hedges's g. The degree of significance of the predictors for dependent variables in on- ice agility tests was assessed by multiple regression analysis with significance of model at the level of p<0.05 and ES described as adjusted R2 . Results: Comparison of the results achieved by...

Objectives: The ai m of this diploma thesis is to analy s e goals scored in WJC 2021 and comparison countrie s . The second aim is to detect the biggest demerits of czech hockey from scoring view point w ith the help of this facts and inspire other coaches to more intensive work a greed with wold trend in this topic and the aim to return czech hockey to the best hockey countries group. Methods: The research was carried out by indirect observations 28 matches and 176 scoring situations through video records from WJC 21. The subject of research were 10 teams, that selected 88 scorers. Scoring situations were qualitative analyse. Gained findings have been written down into chart and were quantitative analyse. Results: The outcome of analyse is the most used scoring place Low slot - 0 - 10ft in front of the goal and with the most used location of successfull shot - middle of the goal on the ice or close over the ice creates the most used way to score. From w rist shot - forehand side came the most of goals in WJC 21. Analyse proved demerits o f Czech national team U20 in scoring by tip - in and rebound. The result of analyse also proved demerits of Czech select in power play and short - handed play. Keywords: Ice hockey, WJC 21, shooting, scoring, scoring range, shooting metodology

Why do supporters to ice hockey teams in Sweden engages with their team on Twitter? The Swedish Hockey League season 2020/2021 was different than the previous ones in the league history. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to play games without any spectators. This study aims to understand why fans, to the teams who came in 13th and 14th in the league table during the season, engages with the teams Twitter accounts. The study will do that with the help of uses and gratifications theory, agenda setting theory and priming theory. The method used in the study was to check tweets from the teams during a specific time period and code the tweets to get a result and find a conclusion. The result showed that fans to the two teams engages with the teams Twitter accounts when they either win or lose games. The conclusion showed that fan engagement was mostly driven by results.

Sport-related Traumatic Brain injuries (TBI) are a major problem in ice hockey. Reports show that it occurs 160 concussion per 1000 hours of play time and 4.6% of head injuries leads to a concussion in Sweden. A system that can monitor the players in real time and indicate an impact can contribute to better understanding the biomechanical etiology of a concussion. Purpose of this project is to test the ability of a wireless sensor network for monitoring the g-Forces that affect the head of the ice hockey players in real-time. We build a wireless sensor network system called g-Force Monitoring System (GFMS) by implementing a Web Socket connection between the sensor nodes and the server. The sensor measures and transmits the data over the Web Socket protocol to the server and the server registers and allows monitoring of the g-Force values in real-time. We achieved a 6 ms sampling rate by using the g-Force Monitoring System. The system was able to operate during one hour play time without any significant problem. The stored data shows that the GFMS has an ability to indicate impact and its duration over a predefined threshold. The user of the system can monitor the g-Force data in real time or can do analyzes on stored values. The GFMS can deliver valuable indications. If the system can come to existence and be implemented into the ice hockey helmets, by letting medical experts to look at and analyze the g-Force data, it can decrease the diagnosis and recovery time of a concussion. It can help to make the Ice hockey arena to a safer place without having to change the rhythm of the game.

SyfteSyftet med studien är att beskriva vad för olika typer av skatteregleringar det finns att tillgå för utländska spelare vid spel i Sverige. Vidare kommer studien att undersöka vad effekterna har blivit av intåget av expertskatten inom ishockeyn i Sverige. Frågorna som kommer att besvaras i denna studien är följande:Vilka skatteförmåner tillåter inkomstskattelagen (IL) för utländska ishockeyspelare samt i vilken utsträckning har svenska ishockeyklubbar kunnat dra nytta utav expertskatten när det kommer till utländska spelarrekryteringar? Vilka för- respektive nackdelar har tillämpningen av skattelättnader av utländska ishockeyspelare resulterat i inom ishockeysverige? MetodI denna studien har det tillämpats två olika metoder. Den första är den kvalitativa metoden som har använts framförallt vid intervjuerna som gjordes, men också vid insamling av empiri i böcker och tidskrifter som är relevanta för ämnet. Den andra metoden, är den juridiska metoden även kallad rättsdogmatisk metod. Denna del användes när vi studerade lagar och rättsfall. Det har även använts ett antal olika domar som vi ansåg spelade stor roll för ämnet vi valt. Analys och diskussionFördelarna som kom när expertskatten infördes i Sverige var verkligen en förändring för hela idrottsvärlden. Från 2012 och framåt kunde nu utländska spelare komma till Sverige för att spela ishockey till väldigt fördelaktiga skattereduceringar som svenska spelare inte kunde nyttja. Expertskatten som kom 2012, var nu öppen för fler personkategorier än bara forskare som den ursprungligen skapades för. Professionella idrottare var en av personkategorierna som kunde använda den, och det var inte enbart spelaren själv som tjänade på den. Laget som anställde spelaren i fråga fick också ta del av den skattereducerade anställningen. Slutsatsen har blivit att utländska spelare nu kan komma till Sverige för att spela ishockey till mer fördelaktiga skattesatser. Detta har lett till att fler har valt att komma hit för spel i Sverige vilket i sin tur har lett till att SHL blivit en både starkare och mer attraktiv marknad inom ishockeyn. / AimThe aim with this study is to firstly describe what types of taxes and benefits there are that import players can take advantage of when coming to Sweden to play ice hockey. Furthermore, the study is also aiming to clarify the effects that the application of expert tax has on the ice hockey in Sweden. The questions that we are going to answer are:What tax benefits allows within the Inkomstskattelagen (IL) for import players and to what extension have the Swedish ice hockey clubs been able to benefit from the expert tax when it comes to contract import players to Sweden?What advantages and disadvantages has the application of tax reductions of import players in Sweden resulted in for the Swedish ice hockey organizations?MethodWe have used two different types of methods for this study. First of all, we used a qualitative method when it came to interviews and the empirical study of previously written studies and books that were relevant for this study. The second method is the method of law that we have used when it comes to studying and understanding the many layers of the different laws. We have also included a few legal cases that we find highly interesting for the outcome of this study. Analysis and discussionThe benefits that came when the expert tax entered the Swedish market were really a game changer. From 2012 and forward an import player could come to Sweden and play ice hockey with a tax reduction that Swedish players weren’t allowed to use. The expert tax that came in 2012, was now open for more than just scientists that the law was from the beginning created for. Professional athletes were one of the groups of people that could use it, and not only did the player themselves earn money by using this reduction. The team that hired the players was also allowed to benefit from the tax reduction. The conclusion of this is that more import players now comes to Sweden for a reduced tax benefit. This leads to many more import players that are aiming to come to Sweden and that in return leads to the SHL now becoming even more powerful and attractive in the market of ice hockey.