Perfil, características e metodologias dos treinadores de escolas de futebol do município de Caxias do Sul-RS

Abstract

Introduction: Football is the most popular sport in the world, where football schools play an extremely important role in the lives of children and adolescents. Therefore, investigations about the coaches of these schools and the application of the different teaching methods used by them, becomes of great importance. Objective: This research aimed to identify the methodologies used, as well as the characteristics of coaches and football schools in the city of Caxias do SulRS. Methodology: The sample consisted of 34 coaches from 16 soccer schools in the city of Caxias do Sul-RS, divided into four classes of coaches: physical education teacher, physical education teacher ex-athlete, trainee and ex-athlete. Participants answered a questionnaire, made available digitally, through a link from the Google Forms tool, on the Google Platform. Results: It was possible to observe that the global method is the most used by coaches who participated in the research, and there are private and social schools providing opportunities for children and adolescents to practice football, these being led by coaches from the four classes mentioned above. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]