Design of Training Methodology for Competitive Adult Ballroom Dance Classes

This bachelor thesis deals with the field of teaching competitive ballroom dancing for adults. Competitive dancing is a discipline exploiting accessible knowledge and theory of other scientific fields such as sports in general, sports training psychology and psychology. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to outline a methodology of teaching ballroom dancing for adults. The first chapter is focused on general overview of selected aspects of sports training, such as training management, training structure, training parts and training load characteristics, including defining basic terms. The second chapter deals with the teaching aspects of competitive ballroom dancing. It focuses in detail on dancing couple motivation, communication between trainers and couples and on trainer's roles. The third chapter deals with the structure of training units (parts and focus). The fourth chapter represents the core part of this work. Exploiting the above-mentioned theories, it designs a teaching methodology of competitive ballroom dancing for adult couples. The empiric research is complementary, and its aim is to investigate practical implementation of the theoretical knowledge in the field of competitive ballroom dancing. All data is received via qualitative semi-structured interviews supplemented by dancing..