This thesis is project-based. The objectives of it give an insight into the preparation of the Slovak national U20 team for the World Junior Championship 2020 in the Czech Republic. The thesis covers the process of preparing the team in the pre-season, in-season and de-scribes the performance at the World junior championship. The thesis consists of a theoretical section, main objectives and stages of the project, and final discussion. The theoretical section describes Slovak hockey and national teams, role of the coach in player`s development, his skills and philosophy according to the available literature. In the following sections, the focus is on players in terms of their profiling, goal setting, monitoring and team cohesiveness. In the main part of the thesis, the focus is on the project objectives. The objectives are divided into four basic points and gradually build on each other. The work describes how important is to create a cohesive team and apply an athlete-centered approach, focusing on players as individuals. Furthermore, it is the team`s tactical preparation and the effort to reach the potential of each player towards team success. In stages of the project, the focus is on profiling players and setting team and individual goals for the season. In the following stages, the author describes the preparing of the team during training camps, tournaments and exhibition games before the very peak of the sea-son, which was the performance of the Slovak U20 national team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. This project started in June 2019 and ended in January 2020. It was made for Slovak national coaches to improve their work of preparing players at the national level.
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