Motivation of youth’s sports performance in sports shooting

The main aim and meaning of this thesis is to provide the organisation of Dukla Plzeň with realistic inputs for work with motivation and stimulation of sports shooters, based on theory and empirical research. Areas focused on by empirical research are sports performance and sports and performance motivation of shooters in Dukla Plzeň. Methods used for researching are a written questionnaire and personal, oral interviewing. The empirical research identifies motives of shooters for participation in sports shooting and motivational and stimulating factors impacting one's sports performance. Based on obtained research results, ways to motivate and stimulate individuals to sports shooting and increased sports performance are suggested. The research reveals interesting and surprising learnings, fully utilizable for coaching practice at Dukla Plzeň. A similar research has neither been conducted at Dukla Plzeň, nor at other shooting clubs in the Czech Republic; thus, it is being very popular with the management of Dukla Plzeň