Current trends in the long-term concept of sports training with a focus on youth categories on the example of a selected sport

Title: Current trends in the long-term concept of sports training with a focus on youth categories on the example of a selected sport Objectives: Investigate what ice hockey experts consider to be trends in youth ice hockey training and what they find to be significant areas of training. Compare said experts' practical knowledge to theory. Find inner connections among individual areas of training which are considered important by experts. Methods: qualitative research - qualitative interviews with experts (open debate, guided interview) Results: The research was conducted in the form of two types of interviews with 11 experts taking part. Three experts underwent the interview of the type I. As a result of these interviews, 15 important areas of training were found, among which 12 inner connections were found (of which 2 were bidirectional). The interviews of type II brought insights of eight experts on the topic of important areas. For example, the optimal age x =12,7 for the commencement of higher intensity training was found, as well as the ratio x =42/58% for the specific/non- specific load during off ice training. Similarly, inner connections were found in this type of interview, 21 in total. The comparison of the literature and the theory built upon the type II interviews resulted in a..