The aim of this research was to determine and explain the attitudes of wannabe students of kinesiology regarding how much they like each school subject, school in general and extracurricular learning. The answers in the questionnaire were given on a semantic differential scale from 1 (100% repulsive to me) to 5 (I adore it). The study involved 63 wannabe kinesiology students who in 2021 actively prepared for the entrance exam at the Croatian Faculties of Kinesiology. The average age of the respondents was M=18.83±1.33, of which 25 girls and 38 boys. The average rating of all school subjects was M=3.14. The highest rated subject was expectedly Physical Education, but the second-best rated subject (geography) had an average rating of M=3.57. Significant difference between the rating of each school subject from the average of all school subjects was noticed in chemistry, physics and mathematics (on a negative pole compared to the average) and geography on the positive pole, with a medium to large effect size regarding the difference between arithmetic means. Extracurricular learning was almost zero correlated with all other independent variables. We can conclude that wannabe kinesiology students (aligned with other high school graduates) are not fond of school subjects, nor school in general, but this research shows they do love to learn new things not related to school, so teachers/professors might consider including extracurricular material in teaching to make prescribed material more interesting.

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The aim of this research was to identify somatotype differences between different age categories of young soccer players. In accordance with the aim, a sample of 274 young soccer players was divided into three groups (beginners N1 = 48, pioneers N2 = 111 and cadets N3 = 115). Somatotypes were assessed using the Heath-Carter method. Reliability of the obtained data was satisfactory (technical error of measurement [TEM] range: 1.11-4.11, coefficient of variation [CV] range: 0.03-0.09). A one-way between-subjects ANOVA together with Bonferroni correction revealed significant differences between groups in all somatotype components. The results indicated that the youngest players had a more pronounced endomorphic component (p < 0.05), which decreased with years of training, and the ectomorphic component became most evident in the pioneers, but then decreased again. In addition, with years of training, the mesomorphic component became less pronounced. The observed differences indicated the existence of nonlinear and complex interaction dynamics of somatotype components that are not only under the influence of soccer training but also growth and development. These results can contribute to understanding the interactions and dynamics of somatotype components of different generations of young soccer players. The results also provide relevant information necessary for the precise identification of morphological characteristics of young soccer players, as well as the modelling of the training process aimed at maximizing playing potentials and competitive outcomes.

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Contemporary sport and in particular football has become a wide range of today's social life, which is embedded in all the vital elements of the social structure, especially economic elements. Therefore arose a great need for scientific research of "this phenomenon" as it can be found in the literature. Sport -economy -society has a diverse and changing mutual relations in accordance with the present time. In order to increase the sports market, it is necessary for sport teams to be present in the communication with their consumers on social networks. The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the connection between sport result as a sport product to the final sport consumer on the example of football clubs and their fans. This connection is sought through social networks.The paper also aims to show that sport result is not the only criterion of proximity to the sports consumer, and that the result itself does not provide the largest number of consumers, for example the 'fives'' in football at least when it comes to social networks. Through regression analysis it is shown that consumers via social networks are not fully connected with the result that clubs realize, at least when it is viewed by selected characteristics used in this paper in a single time point. Definitely for searching more reliable connection of results with sport consumers through social networks, must be used an extended period of time and several indicators which can be the subject of some future research. It should be noted that economic elements are increasingly affecting the sport itself but also the sport result, especially the top one.