Med den ökande konkurrensen bland idrottare får mentala skillnader en allt större betydelse. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka om personlighet kan ha samband till prestation inom sporten bowling. För att undersöka detta fick svenska bowlingspelare besvara en enkät som inkluderade frågor om olika prestationsmått inom bowling samt personlighesformulär. Totalt inkom 121 svar vilka inkluderades i analyserna. Deltagarna hade ett åldersspann på 18 till 74 år (M = 41,89, SD = 14,24), samt en könsfördelning på 39 kvinnor (≈ 32,2 %) och 82 män (≈ 67,8 %). Personlighet har i denna studie utgått från The five-factor model of personality, även kallad femfaktormodellen, samt Grit. Resultaten från korrelations- och regressionsanalyser visade att spelare med höga värden på Grit generellt spelade i högre divisioner, medan personer med låga värden på neuroticism generellt sett hade högre snitt, vilket är ett mått på hur många poäng/serie spelaren har i genomsnitt. Resultaten visar därmed att vissa personlighetsdrag kan spela en roll för prestation inom bowling. Dock var resultaten inte helt entydiga då dessa personlighetsfaktorer endast var relaterade till specifika prestationsmått. Övriga personlighetsfaktorer kunde inte signifikant associeras med prestation inom bowling. Framtida studier bör undersöka om andra personlighetsfaktorer än de som inkluderades i denna studie, såväl som kognitiva aspekter som perception och beslutsfattande, kan relateras till prestation inom bowling. / With the intensifying competition among athletes', individual differences in mental attributes have a greater impact. This study aimed to investigate if personality traits have a relationship with performance in the sport of bowling. To investigate this, Swedish bowlers responded to a questionnaire that included questions about their their history as bowlers and as well questions about their personality. In total, 121 responses were received and included in the analyses. The participants had an age range of 18 to 74 years (M = 41,89, SD = 14,24), and a gender distribution of 39 women (≈32,2 %) and 82 men (≈ 67,8 %). In this study, personality was conceptualized accordning to The five-factor model of personality and Grit. Results from the correlation- and regression analysis overall showed that players with high levels of Grit played in higher divisions, while individuals with low levels of neuroticism generally had a higher series average, which is a measure on how many points the player has as an average taking all games into account. The results thus show that personality can have an impact on performance in bowling. However, the results were unequivocal because these personality traits were only related to specific performance outcomes.No other personality traits were significantly associated with performance within bowling. Future studies should investigate if other personality factors than those included in the present study, and as well as cognitive aspects such as perception and decision making, can be related to performance in bowling.

Title: Competitive success in the performance development of tennis players Abstract This study deals with the performance development analysis of players, in the conditions of the Czech Tennis Association enviroment (before 1993 of the Czechoslovak Tennis Association), and the aim is to find if the competitive success of Czech, or Czechoslovak players reached in the U12 and U14 age categories relates to their later top performance achievements at the international level. The prospective view analyses national rankings of best U12 and U14 players (during years 1989 - 2011) in relation to their future success at the professional level on the ATP and WTA Tour. The retrospective analysis focuses on players (born 1970 or younger) who reached a top 100 ATP or WTA ranking, and explores their performance development. The qualitative part of the research, based on structured open ended interviews with tennis experts, identifies, confirms and/or reviews the ways of achieving the top tennis performance. This part focuses on three topics of the long-term athletic development in tennis - characteristic features of training, demands on successful players and importance of sport competitions. The total number of 1791 players were involved into the prospective analysis research, and there was a success of 38,50 % of male...

Syftet med undersökningen var att undersöka skillnader i elitidrottssatsande gymnasieungdomars attributionsstil vid motgång jämfört med framgång. I studien undersöktes skillnader mellan individuella- jämfört med lagidrotter samt skillnader mellan kvinnor och män. Totalt deltog 209 idrottare (76 kvinnor och 133 män), varav 85 individuella idrottare och 124 lagidrottare. Metoden bestod av en digital enkät uppbyggd på två situationer; en period av motgång och en period av framgång. För de båda situationerna mättes intern attribution, stabil attribution och upplevd påverkansgrad. Resultatet visade signifikanta skillnader mellan situationerna, där orsaksförklaringen vid framgång i högre grad beskrevs bero på utövaren själv (intern attribution) än vid motgång. Även graden av stabil attribution var högre vid framgång, alltså att orsaksförklaringen ansågs komma att bestå framöver. Vidare visade resultatet att män i högre utsträckning gör interna attributioner än vad kvinnor gör. Och slutligen påvisades att individuella idrottare i högre utsträckning använde sig av interna attributioner jämfört med lagidrottare och även att individuella idrottare upplever en högre grad av påverkan. / The aim of the study was to investigate differences in the attribution style of high school youth participating in elite sports in the event of adversity compared to success. The study examined differences between individual versus team sports as well as differences between women and men. A total of 209 athletes participated (76 women and 133 men), of which 85 were individual athletes and 124 were team athletes. The method consisted of a digital survey built on two situations; a period of adversity and a period of success. For both situations, internal attribution, stable attribution and perceived degree of influence were measured. The result showed significant differences between the situations, where the causal explanation in the case of success was described to a greater degree as being due to the practitioner himself (internal attribution) than in the case of failure. The degree of stable attribution was also higher in the case of success, meaning that the causal explanation was considered to persist in the future. Furthermore, the results showed that men more often use internal attributions, than woman do. And finally, it was shown that individual athletes used internal attributions to a greater extent compared to team athletes and also that individual athletes experience a higher degree of influence the situation.

Title of diploma paper: Effect of anxiety on the athlete's sports performance in flatwater canoeing. Objectives: The aim of the study was to find out the values of competitive state anxiety and evaluate its influence on sports performance in a race. Methods: The questionnaire method CSAI-2 has been used to determine the values of the components of competitive state anxiety. The observed values were statistically compared with the standards of the best athletes and then analyzed with the performances of athletes in individual races. The dependence of the variable values was determined by correlation and regression analysis. Results: Flatwater kayakers and canoeists have higher cognitive and somatic anxiety and lower self- confidence compared to other athletes. In the test group flatwater kayakers, we managed to demonstrate that the higher the values of cognitive and somatic anxiety, the higher the negative effect on the athlete's sports performance. Higher values of self-confidence affect performance positively. The dependence of the variable values has been identified as medium to high at the 5% significance level. In the case of flatwater canoeists, this dependence has not been statistically proven. Self-confidence of the athlete is positively affected by higher age and experience. Keywords:...

Title: Training jumps difficulty in sport aerobics. Objectives: Jumps difficulty in aerobic sports athletes seems to be most problematic part of the performance for large demands on the technical implementation. Aim of this study will therefore analyze the technical and didactic jumps difficulty developing a methodology and training. The work can use coaches and athletes, as a methodological material to correct the errors in the current design practice new jumps and difficulty. Methods: After studying literature, focusing on sports and gymnastic training, I used the specific chapters related to the technique performed jumps in sport aerobics. Video analysis, I analyzed the reports selected category of racing sports aerobics usually classified in terms of difficulty of the jumps. Results: Analysis of the technical difficulty of execution jumps according to the rules of sports aerobics, I proposed a number of methodological training jumps selected difficulty. Finally, I have said frequently occurring errors in the implementation of selected jumps. The work could help improve the technical aspects of performance sport aerobics athletes to achieve better performance. Keywords: Sport aerobic, fitness aerobic, aerobic team show, jumps, jump training, elements of difficulty, sports performance, sports...

Title: Representation of selected general and specific training indicators in ATC in a selected floorball team. Objectives: Performing a literature review, focusing especially of foreign scientific articles regarding the characteristics of floorball and related fitness training. Monitoring the representation of fitness training in a selected extra-league men's team during all training periods of a chosen annual training cycle (2014/2015) using the newly introduced XPS network software. Methods: Upon completion of the literature review, research was performed by conducting the content analysis of training documents kept during the 2014/2015 annual training cycle ("ATC"). The newly created software was part of the analysis. The software was distributed for the needs of floorball practice. In order to evaluate general categories and specific training indicators, natural selection was employed. Comparison was used to assess selected indicators. In addition, physical fitness was evaluated using selected UNIFITTEST 6 - 60 tests (Měkota, Kovář, 1996); however, this type of assessment does not belong to core of this paper. Results: The results suggest that sports performance is affected, to a degree, by general training indicators such as the number of days or the total of training time. However, the most...

Wireless applications have become a common part of daily life. Whether it is mobile phones, the Wi-Fi router at home, the keycard which has replaced the car key, a radio frequency identification access system to a building or a Bluetooth headset for your computer or phone, the means of modern wireless data exchange is an omnipresent technology. In sports, the market is in its infancy for wireless, technical applications or gadgets. Only heart rate monitors and GPS watches are currently used by recreational athletes. Even though most of the larger sports equipment companies regularly launch new products related to sports performance monitoring and mobile phone technology, product innovation leaps are rare.In this work the design of a wireless sports performance measurement platform is presented. Using the example of kayaking, this platform is configured as a paddle performance measuring system, the Kayak XL System, which can monitor propulsive paddle force, paddle kinematics and boat velocity, interalia. A common mobile phone platform has been chosen as the user interface for this system. The design approach focussing on user requests, demands and expectations in combination with the process of iterative technical development are unveiled in this thesis. An evaluation of the system is presented and the work is finalised with an overview of further systems which have been designed based on the developed measurement platform. The Kayak XL System is a flexible system designed to be mounted onto any standard kayak paddle and installed in any competition kayak. Versatility, unobtrusiveness and usability were major design concerns. The developed system consists of four modules plus a software which has been designed for Android mobile phones. The phone communicates with each of the four modules trough Bluetooth radio. These four modules are also referred to as nodes and have specific measurement purposes. Two nodes have been designed to measure paddle force and kinematics, one node has the purpose to measure foot stretcher force and boat motion data, and the fourth node enables a more convenient method of calibrating paddle force measurement. The fourth node is therefore only needed prior to performance data acquisition. Results show that paddle and foot stretcher force can be measured with a resolution below 1N after calibration. Installing the paddle nodes on a previously configured paddle without repeated calibration is facilitated with the compromise of a doubled error margin. The default sampling frequency is set to 100 Hz and can, like all system parameters, be configured on the mobile phone. Real-time computation of complex performance parameters is only limited by the phone CPU. The system adds twice 109 g to the paddle and approximately 850 g to the kayak, excluding the mass of the mobile phone / <p>QC 20120827</p>

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O mercado futebolÃstico assumiu grandes proporÃÃes ao longo do tempo e garantiu seu espaÃo no mercado mundial, tornando-se um negÃcio tÃo rentÃvel como outros investimentos como o mercado imobiliÃrio, com princÃpios da maximizaÃÃo do lucro e com a adoÃÃo de tÃcnicas estratÃgicas e financeiras para a gestÃo administrativa. De acordo com a VisÃo Baseada em Recursos da Firma (RBV), dentre os recursos capazes de favorecer o desempenho empresarial, sobressaem-se os ativos intangÃveis â categoria em que se enquadra a parte mais representativa dos ativos dos clubes de futebol, segundo indicaÃÃes da literatura. Apesar da obrigatoriedade de registro contÃbil em diversos paÃses, estudos nacionais e internacionais apontam que a evidenciaÃÃo do ativo intangÃvel nas demonstraÃÃes financeiras das entidades em geral, e principalmente nas entidades desportivas, tem sido superficial, nÃo compreendendo todos os itens exigidos pelas normas contÃbeis, implicando uma baixa qualidade informacional das entidades nos informes contÃbeis deste tipo de ativo. Com base nos argumentos oferecidos na literatura sobre a evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil incipiente dos ativos intangÃveis pelas entidades desportivas, o presente estudo teve como objetivo geral investigar padrÃes de associaÃÃo entre o ativo intangÃvel com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil e o desempenho econÃmico dos clubes de futebol brasileiros e europeus listados no Club World Ranking. No que concerne aos procedimentos metodolÃgicos, esta pesquisa classifica-se como: exploratÃrio-descritiva, quanto aos objetivos; documental e bibliogrÃfica, quanto Ãs tÃcnicas; e, predominantemente, quantitativa, quanto à abordagem do problema. A amostra do estudo reÃne os clubes de futebol listados no Club World Ranking 2012, naturais de paÃses que adotam Ãs IFRS, a partir do critÃrio de publicaÃÃo das demonstraÃÃes financeiras de 2011. Para a mensuraÃÃo especÃfica dos ativos intangÃveis com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil foram utilizadas como variÃveis o Retorno do Ativo IntangÃvel (AIG) e a Representatividade do Ativo IntangÃvel (RAI); do desempenho econÃmico, o Return on Assets (ROA) e Return on Equity (ROE); e do desempenho desportivo, a classificaÃÃo amostral de acordo com a posiÃÃo no ranking. Os resultados da anÃlise quantitativa demonstram que: (i) os clubes se agruparam em seis clusters, sendo trÃs variÃveis mais decisivas, apresentadas em ordem de potÃncia discriminante AIG, Des. Desportivo e ROE; (ii) hà diferenÃas quanto ao perfil de ativos intangÃveis com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil dos clubes europeus e brasileiros, principalmente quanto ao RAI; (iii) nÃo hà diferenÃas quanto ao perfil de desempenho econÃmico, tanto para ROE quanto para ROA de forma geral, bem como entre os clubes europeus e brasileiros; (iv) nÃo hà padrÃes de correlaÃÃo entre o desempenho desportivo e o perfil de ativos intangÃveis com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil de forma geral, bem como entre os clubes europeus e brasileiros. De forma mais pontual, nÃo hà correlaÃÃes entre o perfil dos ativos intangÃveis com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil (AIG e RAI) dos clubes e os respectivos desempenhos econÃmicos (ROE e ROA), apesar de que ter sido identificada correlaÃÃo negativa entre AIG e ROE inesperada, o que suscita novas pesquisas. Do exposto, de acordo com os resultados da anÃlise dos dados dos clubes brasileiros e europeus, conclui-se que nÃo hà associaÃÃo entre o ativo intangÃvel com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil e o desempenho econÃmico dos clubes de forma geral, bem como entre os clubes europeus e brasileiros; o perfil do ativo intangÃvel com evidenciaÃÃo contÃbil dos clubes brasileiros à diferente dos europeus; e, o desempenho econÃmico dos clubes de futebol brasileiros à semelhante ao dos europeus. / The football market has assumed great proportions over time and secured their place in the world market, making it a business as profitable as other investments as the housing market, with the principles of profit maximization and the adoption of strategic technical and financial arrangements for administrative management. According to the Resource Based View of the Firm (RBV), of resources that can facilitate business performance, stand out intangible assets - category that fits the most representative of the assets of football clubs, according to the indications literature.Despite the mandatory accounting records in many countries, national and international studies show that the disclosure of intangible assets in the financial statements of entities in general, and especially in sports entities, has been superficial, not including all items required by accounting standards, implying a low quality informational entities in the accounting reports of this type of asset. Based on the arguments offered in the literature on fledgling accounting disclosure of intangible assets for the sports entities, the present study aimed to investigate patterns of association between intangible assets with accounting disclosure and economic performance of brazilian and european soccer clubs listed on the Club World Ranking. Regarding the methodological procedures, this research is classified as exploratory-descriptive as to the objectives; documental and bibliographical, as to the techniques; and predominantly quantitative, on the approach of the problem. The sample meets football clubs listed in the Club World Ranking 2012, of natural countries that adopt IFRS, based on the criteria of publication of the financial statements 2011. About the principal proxies, the variables were used: as intangible assets with accounting disclosure, Return of Intangible Assets (AIG) and the Representation of Intangible Assets (RAI); as economic performance, Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE); and as sports performance, the classification sample according to the Ranking. The results of the quantitative analysis, show that: (i) the clubs were grouped into six clusters, and three most important factors are presented in order of discriminant power AIG, Des. Sports and ROE (ii) there are differences in the profile of intangible assets with accounting disclosure between european and brazilian clubs, particularly for the RAI (iii) there are no differences in the profile of economic performance for both ROE so as ROA to general, as well as between european and brazilian clubs, (iv) there is no correlation patterns between sports performance and profile of intangible assets with accounting disclosure in general, as well as between european and brazilian clubs. More timely, there is no correlation between the profile of intangible assets with accounting disclosure (AIG and RAI) of the clubs and their economic performance (ROE and ROA), although it has been identified negative correlation between AIG and ROE unexpected, the which raises new researches. From the above, according to the results of the data analysis of brazilian and european clubs, it is concluded that: there is no association between intangible assets with accounting disclosure and economic performance of the clubs in general, as well as between European and brazilian clubs, the profile of intangible assets with accounting disclosure brazilian clubs is different from the european, and the economic performance of the brazilian football clubs is similar to that of europeans.

Les sciences de la performance sportive ont d’abord été sous tutelle de la sphère médicale et du monde de l’éducation physique. Elles se sont autonomisées et impliquent aujourd’hui une pluralité de chercheurs dans des institutions diverses, dont les finalités affichées vont de la production de connaissances théoriques à l’aide aux entraîneurs et aux sportifs. Ces institutions constituent des systèmes de contraintes et de ressources spécifiques, au regard de ces finalités, pour les scientifiques : ceux-ci doivent rendre visible, justifier ce qu’ils font et bénéficient en retour de ressources pour leur travail. L’activité scientifique implique également des acteurs non scientifiques : entraîneurs, sportifs, industriels, etc. Les sciences de la performance sportive sont ainsi à la croisée des intérêts d’acteurs scientifiques et non scientifiques. Elles se caractérisent par des formes de travail et des productions différenciés et typifiables, qui reflètent des modes d’engagement et de coordination particuliers entre les acteurs impliqués. Quatre « régimes scientifiques », structurant ce domaine, ont ainsi été mis en évidence. Chacun d’entre eux peut être caractérisé par des finalités, des modes de fonctionnement et des contraintes spécifiques liées au rapport entretenus entre les acteurs scientifiques et non scientifiques, notamment ceux de la sphère sportive. Par ailleurs, la performance sportive, de par sa complexité, ne se laisse pas toujours enfermer dans les taxonomies disciplinaires officielles et donne ainsi lieu à des modalités particulières de travail interdisciplinaire / Sports performance sciences where first under the control of medicine and scolar physical education. They have empowered themselves, and today they involve a plurality of researchers in several institutions of wich displayed purposes refer to the production of theoric knowledges as well as help for coaches and sportsmen. Institutions can be considered as systems of constraints and resources for the scientists : they must make visible and justify what they do, and they get resources for their work in return. Scientific activity involves non scientific actors to : coaches, athletes, industrial actors, etc. So sports performance sciences crosses interests of scientists and non scientists. They are characterized by various and typifiable forms of work and scientific productions, wich correlate with particular modes of commitment and coordination of implied actors. Four « scientific regimes », wich structure this field, have been brought to light. Each of them can be characterized by specific purposes, functioning modes and constraints that are linked to the connections between scientific and non scientific actors, especially those of the field of sport. Moreover, sports performance, by virtue of its complexity, can’t be contained in official disciplinary taxonomies, and gives rise to particular forms of interdisciplinary work

Background: Prior literature on diversity within BODs and TMTs is predominantly situated within thecontext of conventional organizations. However, sports clubs differ somewhat fromconventional organizations due to the inclusion of an additional performance metric toconsider, sports performance, which stands as their foremost priority. As sports clubsoperate under a heightened-paced landscape with far more external pressure, the necessityto extend governance research into this rather new area of investigation is of interest. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the impact of BOD and TMT diversity on sportsclubs’ sports and financial performance and how media influence this relationship. Method: This thesis employs a deductive approach, utilizing a quantitative method, to investigatethe research objectives. The analysis is based on 144 observations from 24 distinct Swedishsports clubs. Depending on the performance metrics being measured, the data is examinedusing either multiple linear regression or ordinal regression. Conclusion: The study supports three of its eight hypotheses, namely that BOD diversity has a positiverelationship with sports performance and that media moderate the relationship betweenTMT diversity, partially BOD diversity and financial performance.