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Are Olympians Real Idols of Young People for their Motivation and Participation in Sport? The aim of this study was to determine: “if Olympic champions are real models and idols for today’s young people” and whether they would wish or not to become Olympic champions, and which reasons they associate with their positive or negative answers. 440, 12 and 15 year old respondents participated in surveys carried out in the year 1998 (12 and 15 year old respondents only) and consequently in the period 2010–2011 in which 1274 boys and 1090 girls, 12–19 years, old were respondents in this project. The quota samples were used in the selection of respondents in Prague’ and the Central region in the Czech Republic. The parts of the “Olympic Questionnaire”, created and verified in the 1998 survey were focused on the analysis of the respondents’ answers. The open answers of the respondents were subsequently divided into several general and common categories. The desire to become an Olympic Champion was felt more intensely in respondents of the surveys carried out in the year 1998 than in the project carried out in period 2010–2011. Young people more involved in sports express their wishes to become Olympic winners significantly clearer than those who practice sports seldom or not at all. Over 16 year old respondents are more aware of the difficulties associated with the process of becoming Olympic champions than 12–14 year old pubescent. The evaluation of the differences and identical opinions between the respondents’ answers in the observed groups were made by the MANOVA and t-tests for independent samples. The hypothesis about the importance of sports models and idols in current youth was confirmed. The role of Olympic champions is very important; namely in the internalization of the Olympic values in the process of the Olympic education of youth; both at schools and out of schools. Olympians should be aware of the fact that even their behavior which is not related to sport events is noticed by young people. The Olympians should be informed about their influence on young generations. Mass-media play a very important role in their mediation. For these reasons, the collaboration between the Club of Czech Olympians and the Olympic Academy should be innovated. Jsou olympionici skutecnými idoly mladeže v jeji motivaci a ucasti ve sportu? Cilem teto studie bylo zjistit: „zda olympijsti vitězove jsou realnými vzory a idoly pro dnesni mlade lidi“ a zdali by se chtěli, nebo nechtěli stat olympijskými vitězi, a s jakými důvody jsou asociovany jejich pozitivni ci negativni odpovědi. Respondenty a etapy výzkumů. V průzkumu, provedenem v letech 1998 bylo testovano 440 osob ve věku 12 a 15 let. Druheho setřeni, v letech 2010–2011, se ucastnilo 2364 jedinců, 1274 chlapců a 1090 divek, ve věku 12 až 19 let dle principů kvotniho výběru v Praze a Středoceskem kraji, Ceske republiky. Použit byl „Olympijský dotaznik“ vytvořený a standardizovaný v prvnim setřeni z roku 1998. Otevřene, volne odpovědi respondentů byly nasledně rozděleny do několika obecných a spolecných kategorii. Bylo předpokladano, že touhu ci přani stat se olympijským sampionem pociťuji intenzivněji respondenti z průzkumu provedeneho v roce 1998 než v setřeni realizovanem v obdobi let 2010–2011. Mladi lide, kteři se intenzivněji zapojuji do sportu, vyjadřuji sve přani stat se olympijskými vitězi výrazněji, než osoby meně ci vůbec nesportujici. Testovane osoby starsi než 16 let si vice uvědomuji obtiže spojene s procesem stat se olympijskými vitězi než dospivajici ve věku 12–14 let. K statistickemu vyhodnoceni rozdilů a shodných nazorů mezi odpověďmi respondentů ve sledovaných skupinach dle věku a pohlavi respondentů byly použity metody ANOVA, MANOVA a T-testy pro nezavisle vzorky. Výsledky a zavěry: hypoteza o významu sportovnich vzorů a idolů soucasne mladeže byla potvrzena. Role olympijských sampionů jsou velmi důležite, zejmena v internalizaci olympijských hodnot v procesu olympijske výchovy mladeže. Jak na skolach, tak mimo skoly. Olympionici by si měli být vědomi skutecnosti, že i jejich chovani, ktere se přimo netýka sportovnich udalosti, je objektem pozornosti mladých lidi. Olympionici by proto měli být informovani o jejich vlivu na mladou generaci. Masmedia maji velmi důležitou roli v jejich zprostředkovani. Z těchto důvodů by měla být spoluprace mezi Klubem ceských olympioniků a Olympijskou akademii inovovana.

Highlights

  • Models and idols in pedagogical and kinanthropological researches are frequently studied and monitored

  • The assumption about the importance of sports models and idols in the current conception of Olympic education in youth was confirmed in our studies

  • Sport models and idols belong to those who are frequently selected as the role of important models and idols in youth

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Models and idols in pedagogical and kinanthropological researches are frequently studied and monitored. They belong to the basic factors of the socialization process. They are important in the education of youth, in shaping of their value orientation, belief, attitudes, etc. Models and idols are functional and operate in the different spheres of human activities: in the arts, sports, science, commerce, etc., and form part of the contemporary world. The terminology and content of the models and idols are differing from each other. They are differing in the depth of emotional experiencing

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