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MASARYK UNIVERSITY Faculty of Sport Studies BACHELOR’S THESIS Brno 2020 Martin Hroch MASARYK UNIVERSITY Faculty of Sport Studies Department of Social Sciences and Sport Management Comparison of systems of development of youth athletes in the Czech Republic and the USA Bachelor’s thesis Supervisor: Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková Ph.D. Presented by: Martin Hroch Field of Sport management Brno 2020 DECLARATION I declare that I have prepared the bachelor’s thesis independently on the basis of literature and sources listed in the sources used under the guidance of Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková Ph.D. In Brno, ………. ……………………. Martin Hroch ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank my supervisor Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková Ph.D. for guiding me and giving me the right advice during the processing of this Bachelor’s thesis. I would also like to thank to all the people that provided me an interview for my practical part of this thesis because without them this work would not be fulfilled. Bibliographical identification Author’s first and last name: Martin Hroch Title of the bachelor’s thesis: Comparison of systems of development of youth athletes in the Czech Republic and the USA Department: Department of social studies and sport management Supervisor: Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková Ph.D. The year of the final thesis submission: 2020 Annotation: The bachelor’s thesis describes and analyses American system of education and development of youth athletes in the United States of America. It is based on real data collected in the United States directly by the author of this work while being an exchange student stay in Wisconsin. The theoretical part describes Czech and American system itself and compares these two with a goal of trying to find parts from the United States that could possibly be used in the Czech Republic. The empirical part is composed of semi-structured interviews with current or former athletes that are or were competing in one of the two systems and analyzes the given information. It allows us to get a personal view on the problem from the side of a youth athlete. Key words: education, development systems, sports, youth athletes, USA, college sports Bibliografická identifikace Jméno a příjmení autora: Martin Hroch Název bakalářské práce: Srovnání systémů rozvoje mladých sportovců v ČR a USA Pracoviště: katedra společenských věd a management sportu Vedoucí bakalářské práce: Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková Ph.D. Rok odevzdání bakalářské práce: 2020 Anotace: Bakalářská práce se zabývá popisem a analýzou amerického systému vzdělávání a trénování mladých sportovců v USA. Je založena na reálných datech a výstupech, jejichž sběr autor provedl přímo v USA v rámci svého studijního působení. V další části také rozebere system fungující v České republice a porovná výhody a nevýhody obou systému a případnou aplikaci prvků používaných v USA v ČR. Empirická část se skládá z polovedených rozhovorů se současnými nebo bývalými sportovci, kteří si osobně prošli jedním ze dvou systému a umožňuje tak detailněji nahlédnout na problematiku výchovy mladých sportovců v daných zemích. CONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 9 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK..................................................................................................... 10 2.1 The importance of sports in society .................................................................................. 10 2.1.1 Social integration, equal opportunities ...................................................................... 10 2.1.2 Strengthening health and quality of life .................................................................... 10 2.1.3 Recreation and strength restoration.......................................................................... 11 2.1.4 Sport as an education tool ......................................................................................... 11 2.1.5 Sports performance ................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Mentality ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Statement of philosophy ............................................................................................ 13 2.2.2 Academic eligibility .................................................................................................... 17 2.2.3 Attendance ................................................................................................................. 18 2.2.4 Conduct violations ...................................................................................................... 18 2.2.5 Consequences and penalties ...................................................................................... 19 2.2.6 Penalty execution ....................................................................................................... 21 2.2.7 The importance of education and it’s connection to sports ...................................... 21 2.3 Sports ................................................................................................................................ 23 2.3.1 Introduction to sports ................................................................................................ 24 2.3.1.1 American football ................................................................................................ 24 2.3.1.2 Baseball ............................................................................................................... 25 2.3.1.3 Basketball ............................................................................................................ 26 2.3.1.4 Ice-hockey ........................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Americans’ favorite spectator sports ................................................................................ 27 2.5 High school seasons .......................................................................................................... 30 2.6 The system of college sports ............................................................................................. 30 2.6.1 Organizations ............................................................................................................. 31 2.6.2 NCAA .......................................................................................................................... 31 2.6.3 Tournaments and events ........................................................................................... 32 2.6.4 Scholarships ............................................................................................................... 33 2.6.5 Drafts .......................................................................................................................... 36 2.7 Systems of financing ......................................................................................................... 39 2.7.1 Financing of sports in the Czech Republic .................................................................. 39 2.7.2 Financing of sports in the United States of America .................................................. 44 2.7.3 Salary Cap ................................................................................................................... 45 3 OBJECTIVES, RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND MAIN GOALS OF THE THESIS ................................. 49 3.1 Objectives .......................................................................................................................... 49 3.2 Research questions ........................................................................................................... 49 3.3 Main goals ......................................................................................................................... 49 3.4 Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 49 4 PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................... 51 4.1 Interviews analyzes ........................................................................................................... 53 4.2 Comparison of the systems ............................................................................................... 57 4.2.1 Summary .................................................................................................................... 57 4.2.2 University leagues ...................................................................................................... 57 4.3 Discussion .......................................................................................................................... 60 4.3.1 Question number 1 .................................................................................................... 60 4.3.2 Question number 2 .................................................................................................... 60 4.3.3 Question number 3 .................................................................................................... 60 5 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................ 62 6 LITERATURE .............................................................................................................................