Intervention program focused on dry preparation for figures in synchronized swimming

The topic of my bachelor tesis is to compile and to verify the effectiveness of an interventional movement program focused on dry preparation in synchronized swimming. The program is intended for young synchronized swimming competitors at the age of 8 to 9 years and its purpose is to improve joint mobility and strengthen the muscles of the lower limbs. The first part of the thesis is focused on the description of synchronized swimming, including the history, rules and definition of sports performance. Further information includes the opinions on children's sports preparation and on the development of the children's flexibility during sensitive period. The practical part is focused on the created intervention movement program. This part of thesis evalute the flexibility of lower limbs of the group of female competitors of the swimming club TJ Tábor. Selected test methods were implemented partial measurement which results were obtained enabling the evalution of the effectiveness of the chosen three-month intervention movement program. The mobility testing methods used in this thesis were deep forward bend while standing on an elevated surface, frontal and lateral split. The chosen methods use distance measurements. During the first measurement of deep forward bend we measured an average value of 3.71 cm and in the final mesurement this value was 6.14 cm. The measurement of lateral split was performed on both limbs and its input and output values showed improvement in most of the girls in the experimental group. The frontal split measurement showed a difference of 1.28 cm between the input and output average value. The testing results showed an improvement in joint flexibility and a reduction in shortening in the muscle of the lower limbs in the majority of girls involved in testing