713-0264/03 – History of Sports (NDS)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Physical Education and Sports | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Miroslav Pacut | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Miroslav Pacut |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | 2017/2018 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To acquaint students with the historical development of sports in Europe and especially in our country
2. To understand the origin of the modern Olympic movement with special emphasis on the historical continuity and Pierre de Coubertine.
3. To learn how to interpret the basic tendencies of the Olympism throughout its development.
4. To point out the modern history of the most widespread sports.
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Summary
To acquaint students with the historical development of sports in Europe and especially in our country,To learn how to interpret the basic tendencies of the Olympism throughout its development.
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Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Students must demonstrate their ability to understand the fundamental issues of the course and meet the credit conditions.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Subject “Modern history of sport” connects the subject “History of physical culture”. It tries to describe the history of modern sport chronologically from the creation of this social phenomenon up to now. The top sport events above all the summer and winter Olympic games and the most widespread sport branches are accented.
1. Definition of basic terms (history, sport), creation of modern sport, English sport and games system
2. Czech and European sport in 19th century
3. Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský, Josef Rössler-Ořovský and Miroslav Tyrš and their contribution to the sport development in Czech lands
4. Ancient Olympic games, precoubertin medieval and modern attempts to rebirth the Olympic games, Pierre de Coubertin
5. Olympic games until the outbreak of World War I, Athens intergames
6. Olympic games in interwar period, creation of winter Olympic games, Persching’s Olympic games, Woman world games
7. Sport in Czech lands in the first half of 20th century
8. Olympic games from the outbreak of World War II until 1968
9. Sport in Czechoslovakia from March 1938 until 1968
10. Olympic games in 1968 – 1988, Games of the Good Will
11. Sport in Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic after 1968
12. Olympic games in 1988 – 2010
13. History of sport marketing with particular reference to Olympic games
14. Creation and development of football, ice hockey, tennis, basketball and other sports in the world and in our country
Conditions for subject completion
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Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction