Analysis of the structure of participants in ski instructor courses from 2007 to 2017

Osnovni namen magistrskega dela je bil raziskati gibanje strukture učiteljev smučanja na usposabljanjih strokovnih smučarskih kadrov po starosti, spolu in regiji bivanja v obdobju desetih let. Posledično je bila narejena podrobna statistika podatkov, ki smo jih pridobili iz spletne aplikacije ŠPAK. Cilj magistrskega dela je bil ugotoviti, ali obstajajo statistično značilne razlike med primerjanimi generacijami udeležencev tečajev usposabljanja po pojavnih oblikah smučanja (alpsko smučanje, nordijsko smučanje in ostale smučarske panoge). Vzorec je obsegal vse kandidate obeh spolov (7013 oseb), ki so bili v letih od 2007 do 2017 udeleženi na različnih stopnjah kadrovskega usposabljanja (U1, U2, U3 in Trener) vseh programov smučanja (alpsko smučanje, deskanje na snegu, tek na smučeh, smučarski skoki, nordijska kombinacija, biatlon, telemark smučanje, akrobatsko smučanje, smučanje prostega sloga, smučarski vodnik, prav tako nordijska hoja in tek ter nordijsko rolkanje in rolanje). Kandidati so bili iz celotne Slovenije ter nekaterih tujih držav. Vsi trije cilji dela, ki so bili vezani na ugotavljanje razlik v povprečni starosti, spolu in regiji med primerjanimi generacijami udeležencev tečajev usposabljanja po pojavnih oblikah smučanja, so bili glede na dobljene rezultate izpolnjeni. Pri vseh obravnavanih smučarskih panogah smo pri primerjavah udeležencev po povprečni starosti, spolu in regiji v obdobju med letoma 2007 in 2017 ugotovili statistično značilne razlike. Tako smo vse tri postavljene hipoteze sprejeli. Razloge za spreminjanje starostne strukture ter strukture udeležencev tečajev usposabljanja po spolu in regiji smo poskušali poiskati v uvedbi drugačne starostne meje za pristop na usposabljanja, novega načina organizacije teoretičnih predavanj in izvedb praktičnih delov usposabljanj, centralnega načina preverjanja teoretičnih in praktičnih znanj kandidatov na izpitih, novega Zakona o športu, v dogovoru SZS-ZUTS Slovenije z Italijansko smučarsko zvezo ter v količini smučišč v določenih regijah.Master’s degree thesis’ main intention was to research the changing structure of ski instructors that participated in ski instructor courses by their age, gender and place of residence during the period of ten years. The detailed statistical research was performed according to data, achieved by means of the application named »ŠPAK«. Master’s degree thesis’ goal was to find out whether there exist typical statistical differences between compared generations of participants in ski instructor courses in all ski disciplines (alpine skiing, nordic skiing and other ski disciplines). The sample included all participants of both gender (7013 subjects) that participated in the years 2007 to 2017 in different levels of ski instructor courses (U1, U2 and Coach) for all ski disciplines (alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, biathlon, telemark skiing, freestyle skiing, ski guide, nordic walking and running, nordic skating and blading). The participants came from all parts of Slovenia as well as from some other foreign countries. All of the three master’s thesis’ goals, that were to find out the differences between compared generations of participants in ski instructor courses in all ski disciplines by their age, gender and place of residence, were as to results accomplished. We came to the conclusion that there exist typical statistical differences for all of the researched parameters and that is why we accepted all three hypothesis. We explained the reasons for that differences with the following facts: there was a different age limit introduced for accession to ski instructor courses, there was a new way of organizing lectures and practical training, there was a new central way of theoretical and practical examining of participants, the new Law of sports was passed, Ski Association of Slovenia has an arrangement with Italian Winter Sports Federation and also with the fact how many ski resorts there are in each region of Slovenia