Thesis: Detailed manual for training and coaching upcoming hockey players of 6 to 8 years of age. Main objektive: The main purpose of the thesis is to portray and illustrate modern practice techniques. Furthermore, practice methods and detailed explanation of specific situations is also illustrated. Strucutre of the thesis: The theoretical part includes the analysis and presentation of several known and proven publications in regards to training methods. The practical section is dedicated to the explanation of the most modern methods and trends in high quality traning methods that are currently used in professional hockey. These professional methods include interactive, full- body drills. Results: The data analysis and the application of modern training methods serve not only to make the training units enjoyable and engaging, it also allows for young hockey players to learn and practice the necessary movements and tactics used in professional hockey. Key words: ice hockey, manual, skating, practices, training, practice, drills, agility skating, powerskating.

The economic value of sport has long been an interesting subject to study. Proponents arguing there is big monetary return for a region hosting a professional sports team. However, majority of studies done on the subject point in the same direction where it seems economic return are negligible. Researchers even argue there is rather an alternative cost where money could be better spent on other social structure such as education and health care. The value of sport creates both direct and indirect effect. In this essay I will look at whether there could be any indirect spillover effects from hosting a hockey team in the highest league. Due to its simplicity, a difference-in-difference (DiD) method will be used on municipalities hosting a hockey team. This when looking at Gross Regional Product (GRP), unemployment rate and population growth to municipalities without a hockey team. The results of this study are ambiguous and hard to interpret when sign on coefficient differ between variables and municipalities. However, there seem to be a correlation between lower unemployment rate and population growth and an increase in GRP when a team is qualifying to SHL. It cannot be determined whether this depend on economic growth or success of their professional sports team.

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. Methods: 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 was investigated by using myotonometer, which followed after a full physiotherapy examination. It is quantitative research using quasi-experimental study. Measurements were 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: 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.

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