Structure of youth athletics in Prague athletic clubs

Title: A Structure of Younger Junior Athletics in Athletic Clubs in the Prague Area Objective: The aim of the thesis is to characterise Prague athletic clubs with their own sports centres and their activities in younger juniors category. Hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: It supposes that the number of girls in the younger and older juniors category will prevail the number of boys minimally by 20%. Hypothesis 2: It supposes that the clubs with their own resort sports centres (RSC) will have better conditions for children and youths training than those without RSC. Methods: For creating this diploma thesis, a method of content analysis was used in the theoretical part. The practical part uses the mixed method design which comprises the content analysis method and the questionnaire method with an additional half-structured interview. Results: The aim of the thesis was accomplished. All the necessary data were gathered and evaluated. Hypothesis 1 - not confirmed. Hypothesis 2 - confirmed. Keywords: trainer's activities and role, sports centres, talented youths, membership base, motivatio