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Orientador: Roberto Rodrigues Paes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T05:31:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodrigues_HeitordeAndrade_D.pdf: 3369576 bytes, checksum: 4122ea55598e5d15cdf27681d91ce118 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: No contexto esportivo brasileiro, apesar do crescente movimento de valorização dos treinadores de esporte e do aumento significativo de cursos específicos para qualificação desses profissionais, ainda podemos identificar uma escassez de conhecimentos disponíveis sobre o treinador, sua formação e trabalho. No caso específico do basquetebol, esse fato não é diferente. Apesar de haver propostas pioneiras de formação, tais como cursos oferecidos pela Escola Nacional de Treinadores de Basquetebol, no âmbito da pesquisa científica há uma pouquidade de investigações sobre os treinadores de basquetebol. Diante desse quadro, o objetivo geral na pesquisa foi investigar a formação profissional de treinadores de esporte, com atenção especial para o processo de desenvolvimento profissional dos treinadores de basquetebol das categorias de formação. Por sua vez, o objetivo específico foi investigar o processo de constituição identitária dos treinadores de basquetebol das categorias de formação, com ênfase para os desafios enfrentados e os saberes profissionais mobilizados. A metodologia utilizada é de natureza qualitativa, fundamentada nos pressupostos das narrativas de vida em uma perspectiva etnossociológica, sustentada pela técnica da entrevista narrativa. Os sujeitos participantes foram treze treinadores de basquetebol vinculados às categorias de formação. Os resultados revelaram que a constituição identitária dos treinadores pesquisados é fruto de socializações sucessivas ao longo da vida pessoal e profissional, o resultado da negociação entre trajetória biográfica e relacional. No âmbito da socialização pré-profissional destaca-se o papel da educação artesanal, nos moldes da "escola de ofício¿. Na socialização profissional no curso de Educação Física sobressai a importância atribuída pelos treinadores aos saberes do campo da Didática. E na socialização profissional ao longo da carreira predomina as experiências de aprendizagem com treinadores mais experientes, bem como a construção de saberes profissionais em estreita relação com os desafios impostos pelas demandas de trabalho. As considerações finais apontam para a urgência de definição dos saberes dos treinadores a partir de uma epistemologia da prática profissional, construindo as bases para adoção de um modelo profissional de formação em oposição ao atual modelo acadêmico tradicional nos curso de Educação Física / Abstract: In Brazilian sporting context, in despite of the growing movement of sports coaches and the significant increase in specific courses that qualify these professionals, we can still identify a lack of knowledge available about coaching, their training and work. In the specific case of basketball, this fact is no different. Although there are pioneering proposals for training, such as courses offered by the Escola Nacional de Treinadores de Basquete (National School of Basketball Coaches), considering scientific research there is a little investigations on the basketball coaches. Due to this situation, the overall goal in this paper was to investigate the training of sports coaches, with special attention to the process of professional development for basketball coaches of the training categories. However, the specific aim in this study was to investigate the process of identity construction of the basketball coaches of the categories of training, with emphasis on the challenges, and mobilized professional knowledge. The methodology is of a qualitative nature, based on the assumptions of life history in an ethnosociological perspective, supported by the technique of narrative interview. The chosen individuals were thirteen basketball coaches linked to the training categories. The results found out that the identity construction of the researched coaches were the results of successive socializations throughout personal and professional life, the result of negotiation between relational and biographical trajectory. At the pre-professional socialization highlights the role of craft education along the basis of "sports school". In professional socialization in Physical Education course stands the importance given by the coaches to the knowledge of the field of didactics. And in professional socialization throughout their career dominates the learning experiences with more experienced coaches, as well as the construction of professional knowledge in close relation to the challenges posed by the demands of work. The conclusions point to the urgency of defining the knowledge of the coaches from an epistemology of professional practice, building the foundation for the adoption of a professional training model as opposed to the current traditional academic model in Physical Education course / Doutorado / Biodinamica do Movimento e Esporte / Doutor em Educação Física

The study conducted consisted of an interview with forty-eight varsity baseball coaches of the University Interscholastic League high schools within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Overall the coaches were found to be a highly qualified group of physical educators. Findings of the study included data on the playing experience, coaching experience, and educational backgrounds of the coaches. Physical education/ coaching areas investigated included: 1) medical-legal, 2) sociological and psychological, 3) kinesiological, 4) physiological, and 5) theory and techniques of coaching. Recommendations included continued professional involvement of coaches, further studies on professional preparation, a course in legal liability, and implementation of a "coaching endorsement".

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the effects of winning percentage and specific demographic data on the perceived burnout of varsity male head high school football coaches within the public secondary schools of Texas. Data were obtained from 226 varsity head high school football coaches during the 1990-1991 school year in Texas. Instruments used were the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a personal demographic data sheet. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient were used. Significance was set at .05. A relationship was found between burnout and career winning percentage, age, years as a coach, salary, coaching preparation, and school enrollment.

During sports competitions, especially soccer many players and coaches would pray before, during and after the game. Sometimes they would pray when they score a goal. The behaviour has attracted a research interest wanting to know why they do what they do often. The purpose of the study was to understand and evaluate the perceptions of coaches and elite players who continuously use spiritual rituals before, during and after soccer games to influence competitive outcomes. This study was carried out under the guidance of the following key questions; (a) Do spiritual perceptions of elite players influence outcomes of soccer competitions? (b) Does a divergence in spiritual perception between coaches and players influence competitive outcomes? and (c) Are spiritual (ritual) perceptions of soccer coaches and elite players related to religiosity/psychological interventions? In this study, a mixed method of data collection was used to eliminate the biases inherent in single method research. Specifically, qualitative and quantitative methods involving questionnaire, interview and observation supported by secondary and primary literature were used to gather information that would provide answers to the raised key questions. The results show that spiritual ritual practices would not influence the outcome of soccer competitions. Secondly, the spiritual ritual divergence among players and coaches would not influence outcomes of soccer competitions. Thirdly, the results showed that the use of spiritual rituals among players was purely for personal reasons, while the coaches used spiritual rituals as psychological intervention strategy to prepare the team before a given competitive. The overall results show that coaches and players agreed that spiritual rituals interventions are used for psychological interventions more than spiritual interventions. The implications of these findings to the players and coaches are discussed linked with future research focus.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between leadership behavior and perceived burnout of coaches. Head coaches from high schools and from Southeast and Southwest Conference universities were included in the sample (N=302). Coaches completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, Social Desirability Scale and a demographic data sheet. Coaches were separated into two leadership behavior groups and classified as Consideration or as Initiating Structure. It was predicted that coaches in the Consideration Group would have a higher level of perceived burnout. A multivariate analysis of variance was conducted and indicated significant differences in four subscales of the MBI. Specifically, coaches in the Consideration Group scored significantly higher in the frequency and intensity dimension of the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscales (p<.001).

The purpose of this study was the design of a curricular model for the undergraduate preparation of Texas high school coaches. The model was based on the perceptions of Texas coaches concerning the adequacy of their professional preparation. The issue of a state certification for coaching was also examined.

Coaching efficacy is largely influenced by mastery experiences such as formal education, coaching experience, and sport participation. Further examining specific experiences, such as exposure to sport psychology, may prove helpful in advancing our understanding of coaching efficacy. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore male high school coaches' coaching experience to determine whether sport psychology education and interactions with sport psychology consultants relate to coaches' coaching efficacy. Participants, 585 males (Mage = 43.89 + 10.02), completed an online survey measuring coaching efficacy and coaching and sport psychology experience. A hierarchical regression analysis revealed that after controlling for years of coaching experience and school size, sport psychology education and interactions with sport psychology consultants were associated with higher overall coaching efficacy scores (p < .001). Additionally, analysis of covariance revealed that those with extensive sport psychology education had statistically higher coaching efficacy scores than those reporting no sport psychology education (p < .05). Knowledge of these phenomena may be relevant for sport psychology consultants, coach educators, and researchers.