Abstract

Paper is focused on the observation of selected fitness and mental indicators of competitor’s performance in white water slalom in the Czech Republic, and their influence on the final performance in race. The observed sample consisted of 6 C1 competitors aged 18 to 31, members of the Czech national team. Selected performance indicators were: a) results in the test battery according to Bílý in runs for a different distance, b) results in the Wingate test on the arm ergometer and c) results from the CSAI-2 questionnaire measuring pre-start anxiety. The comparing criterion was the nomination rank for the Olympic race in Beijing 2008, which was determined by the results from 4 races. Nonparametric correlation research with Spearman correlation coefficient was used to find statistic dependence between the sport performance and selected factors. Results show a close significant relationship between the terrain test and the somatic component of performance anxiety in comparison with the final competitor’s performance in observed races. The dependence of the functional indicators values from the 30-s Wingate test and the cognitive component of competition anxiety on the final competitor’s performance were not fully proved. However, high values of correlation coefficient (rs=0,638) between the values of cognitive anxiety, 30-s Wingate test and competitor’s results in a race indicate that there may exist a dependence. Verf.-Referat