In the introduction of our thesis we talk about the themes we included, which are sport in general, the meaning of sport, and its evolution. We then continue with the description of extreme sport, and lastly we thoroughly describe the sport skydiving, which is the sport we are dedicating our thesis to. We also define the history of skydiving and the origin of the sport. Furthermore, since our lives unfold in groups, so-called society, we speak about the society’s view on sport, but mostly on the view society has on skydiving, since the sport is often considered as a taboo and highly dangerous. Lastly we speak about the sportsman and the impact family has on him or her and the sport he or she is performing, since family is the foundation of every individual and helps shape him as such.
The purpose of our thesis was to determine the responses of the skydiver's relatives to his or hers dealing with skydiving, as we all know this is an extreme sport, sometimes even taboo sport. We were especially interested in how the relatives reacted when they found out that someone from their family is dealing with skydiving. Furthermore we were also interested in how big of an impact the opinion of relatives have on the skydiver. We were also wondering if individuals who practice skydiving are mostly single or in a relationship. But most of all we wondered if the relatives of the skydivers have changed their opinion about this sport for the better, and is not such a dangerous sport after all. Since we are in the age category twenty to thirty years, we wanted to find out whether this is the age group that is most often involved in skydiving. We were also interested in whom the skydivers first told/opened up to about them practicing skydivingl/dealing with skydiving, who was the most or the least enthusiastic about them dealing with this sport and whether their relatives have changed their opinion for the better after some time.
To get the required information we created and conducted a survey. Based on the answers on our survey, which had nineteen questions, we then confirmed or denied our hypothesis. All facts were extracted and analyzed on the web page www.1ka.si. As an interesting fact we can confirm that we dismissed most of the hypotheses; we confirmed only one. That suprised us very much, since we realized that we do not know skydiving as good as we thought.
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