Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Recreation Management and Youth Leadership, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Washington University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-67).

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-47). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Washington University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-67). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

This diploma thesis deals with the history of The Czech Giant Mountains Club Ski Jilemnice. In the introduction I map the origin and development of skiing in the world and introduction of skis in our country. The main part describes the development of the club and the club's activities in each year since its beginning until today.

The kinematic characteristics of 17 elite male cross-country skiers competing in the 50 km race of the 1992 Winter Olympic Games were determined. Each skier used the open field skating technique, one of four skating techniques used in free technique cross-country ski races. Skiers were filmed by the use of three video cameras, placed at a filming site on a flat portion of the racing course. Digitized data from the video were used to determine selected kinematic parameters which included: cycle velocity; cycle length; cycle rate; center of mass (CM) velocity vector angle; CM lateral displacement; CM lateral velocity; CM horizontal velocity; ski angles; ski edging angles; several types of pole angles; and hip, knee, and trunk angles. Temporal characteristics including strong side and weak side ski and pole phase times were also calculated. Cycle velocity and cycle length were found to be significantly related as were cycle velocity and the maximum strong side knee angle (r > .48, p < .05). Cycle velocity and the CM velocity vector angle were found to have only a moderate non-significant relationship as did cycle velocity and the strong and weak side ski angles. For those skiers using the open field skating technique, CM lateral motion (as measured by the CM velocity vector angle and the ski angles) did not seem to be a distinguishing factor between faster and slower skiers, as hypothesized. However, cycle length and the maximum strong side knee angle did seem to distinguish faster from slower skiers. Skiers who covered more distance throughout a cyde tended to have faster cycle velocities. Contributing to this increased distance could have been the thrust of the strong side ski. Skiers with the most strong side knee extension tended to ski the fastest. Thus, it seems that greater leg extension results in greater propulsive forces and greater velocity. / Graduation date: 1993

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-65).

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2005. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Daniel P. Heil. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-47).

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-47).