The purpose of this master's thesis was to determine whether there are any differences in concenctration and problem solving between swimmers and handball players as well as to figure out whether such differences exist between athletes and non-athletes, meaning the general population. We used the following two tests to conduct our research: the Concentration test d2 and the Series test, which tests the problem solving ability. The test sample consisted of three groups, each made up of 30 test subjects. The first group were swimmers, the second handball players and the third non-athletes. The athletes of both sports were members of different swimming and handball sports clubs. The non-athletes were all primary school pupils attending 9th grade. All of the subjects were male and between 14 and 16 years of age. The testing took place on several occasions at different places. Each of the test subjects took both of the aforementioned tests in the same sequence, after which the data was processed using the SPSS statistics program. In order to test given hipotheses we made use of the t-test for independent samples. The degree of probability was determined by allowing for an up-to-five percent risk factor. The results of our research indicated that there are no significant differences in concenctration and problem solving between swimmers and handball players. Pertaining to the problem involving the same differences between athletes and non-athletes, we reached findings that significant differences exist between these two groups of the population.
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