Jadranka Vlašić

CONSTRUCTION OF SCALE FOR EVALUATION OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS ALPINE SKIING

Ones attitude towards sport can potentially influence the success of learning knowledge and skills of specific sport activity. The aim of this research was to construct a scale for evaluation of attitude towards alpine skiing as a specific recreational activity. For this purpose we constructed a scale initially consisting of 60 statements of both positive and negative attitude towards alpine skiing. Statements included affective, cognitive and behavioral components. The research was conducted on 173 participants (72 female and 101 male), students of Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb by the use of five graded scale on which participants could claim their statements with 1. I strongly disagree ; 2. I disagree ; 3. It is all the same ; 4. I agree ; 5. I strongly agree. Parameters of descriptive statistics were calculated for all the variables, correlation of each variable with first component, as well as reliability and homogeneity. After analysis initial scale was condensed to 26 statements, which improved reliability (Cronbach α=0.92) and homogeneity (r=0.33). Factor analysis extracted six statistically significant components from the scale of attitude towards alpine skiing. First component is the participants attitude towards alpine skiing (λ=9.24) and with proportion of 35.53% it explains the results of evaluation of attitude towards alpine skiing. To conclude, the constructed scale of 26 statements will among other enable monitoring of attitude changes influenced by alpine ski knowledge acquisition, and will give the answer to what proportion the attitude towards alpine skiing influences efficiency of alpine ski learning.

THE EFFECT OF AEROBICS ON THE INCREASE OF THE REPETITIVE STRENGTH AMONGST WOMEN

The most popular and most intended aerobic programmes contain a sub-programme of strength exercises which is directed at strengthening and shaping of pelvic muscles legs and waist, i.e. the „critical“ areas with women. The fact that 90% of middle aged women are attending such fitness program classes, gave the authors the inspiration for this research. The aim of this paper was to determine the changes of repetitive strength of female sample subjects. The experimental programme lasted for 20 weeks with 40 training sessions of aerobics classes, with an accent on the strength exercises twice a week per 60 minutes. 24 tests were used to value the repetitive strength endurance. The effects of the experimental programme have been tested by a t-test for dependent samples. The results show that the improvement occurred within the area of strength endurance from which can be concluded that aerobic programme with a sub-programme of strength exercises is good for improving strength endurance.

ATTENDANCE AT DANCE CLASSES IN RELATION TO DANCE RESULTS OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS

Sudjelovanje u nastavi važan je cimbenik u akademskom uspjehu. Cilj ovog rada je utvrditi kako je sudjelovanje na teorijskim / prakticnim tecajevima i vježbama plesnog tecaja povezano s uspjehom u izvođenju narodnog i drustvenog plesa ženskih i muskih ucenika. Regresijska analiza pokazala je statisticki znacajnu povezanost između pohađanja nastave i ukupne uspjesnosti u narodnom plesu, ali odnos između pohađanja nastave i uspjeha u drustvenom plesu nije bio statisticki znacajan. Autori dobivene rezultate pripisuju redoslijedu poduke(prvo narodnih plesova i onda drustvenih plesova), iteracijama stecenog znanja tijekom nastave (vježbe) i nepoznavanju tradicijske plesne kulture koja je, ocito, vrlo motivirajuce djelovala na studente.