scholarly journals A preparação de jovens tenistas para a competição: um estudo exploratório a partir da percepção dos treinadores

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Borges Silveira ◽  
Carlos Adelar Abaide Balbinotti

OBJETIVO: Pesquisar como ocorre, na visão dos treinadores, a preparação de crianças e jovens para as competições de tênis, procurando responder às 3 categorias norteadoras idealizadas por Marques (2004), referentes à Teoria das Competições, enquanto um Modelo de Educação de Crianças e Jovens: os modelos das competições para jovens tenistas; o contexto da relação vitórias x derrotas; e a frequência nas competições dos jovens tenistas. MÉTODOS: Participaram do estudo 11 treinadores, de 6 clubes e 3 academias de 4 estados brasileiros. O estudo apresenta uma análise qualitativa, com pesquisa descritiva exploratória, a partir dos dados obtidos das entrevistas, realizadas com questionário semiestruturado. A análise dos dados deu-se a partir das 3 categorias de Marques (2004). RESULTADOS: A análise de conteúdo permite observar que as competições para jovens tenistas estão mais bem estruturadas, principalmente nos estágios iniciais. Com relação ao contexto de vitórias e derrotas, os relatos indicam que as condições atuais não atendem aos fundamentos preconizados por Marques (2004), e ainda há muito o que se evoluir nesse âmbito, principalmente no sentido de desenvolver, com as crianças e jovens, o “saber perder e o saber vencer”. A respeito da frequência maior ou menor das competições, houve um desenvolvimento, mas não suficiente para atender às ideias do autor, pois muitos jovens são vetados de competir por seus treinadores; ou, por outro lado, atletas competem em grande quantidade, mas sem considerar-se o número de derrotas. CONCLUSÃO: De acordo com os treinadores entrevistados, há sinais de evolução de vários aspectos da preparação de jovens tenistas para competições, mas muito do que acontece na prática vai de encontro às propostas teóricas aqui apresentadas, o que indica a necessidade de intervenção para o alinhamento entre as práticas recomendadas pela literatura e as condutas efetivas dos treinadores.ABSTRACT. The preparation of young tennis players for the competition: an exploratory study from the perceptions of coaches.OBJECTIVE: To investigate how, in the coaches’ view, children and young people prepare for tennis competitions, seeking to answer the 3 guiding categories idealized by Marques (2004), referring to the Theory of Competitions, as a Model of Education for Children and Youth: competition models for young tennis players; the context of the win-lose relationship; and attendance at young tennis players’ competitions. METHODS: Eleven coaches participated in the study, from 6 clubs, and 3 gyms from 4 Brazilian states were interviewed. The study presents a qualitative analysis, with descriptive exploratory research, from the data obtained from the interviews, carried out with a semi-structured questionnaire. Data analysis took place from the 3 categories of Marques (2004). RESULTS: Content analysis shows that competitions for young tennis players are better structured, especially in the early stages. With regard to the context of victories and defeats, the reports indicate that the current conditions do not meet the fundamentals advocated by Marques (2004), and there is still a lot to evolve in this area, mainly in the sense of developing, with children and young people, the “knowing how to lose and knowing how to win”. Regarding the higher or lower frequency of competitions, there was a development, but not enough to meet the author’s ideas, as many young people are vetoed from competing for their coaches; or, on the other hand, athletes compete in large quantities, but without considering the number of defeats. CONCLUSION: According to the interviewed coaches, there are signs of the evolution of various aspects of the preparation of young tennis players for competitions, but much of what happens in practice is in opposition to the theoretical proposals presented here, which indicates the need for intervention for alignment. between the practices recommended by the literature and the effective conduct of the coaches.

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-86
Author(s):  
Sergii Boltivets

Among the threats and dangers of the future, our duty to the younger and future generations is to develop the instincts, feelings and self-preservation of children and young people, who by their very birth suffer from inventions, conflicts and crises inherited by all previous older generations. The dominants of future self-preservation are in the mental development of children and youth, the main of which we consider mental abilities, development of feelings and especially - a sense of empathy for all living things, as well as - the imagination of every child and young person. her own life and the lives of others. Our common methodology should be to understand that the social world is not simplified, but complicated, and we have a duty to prepare our children and young people to solve these complications.


2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Hickson ◽  
Jennifer Lehmann ◽  
Fiona Gardner

People use reflection and reflective practice for many different reasons, including for self-care and to make sense of their experiences. In this study, social workers spoke about how they learned to be reflective, with many participants describing activities in their childhood that developed their reflective capacity. The aim of this article is to apply these ideas and examine the factors that enhance reflective capacity in children and young people. This research was part of a PhD study that involved interviews with 35 social workers in USA, Canada, UK and Australia. This exploratory study found that activities like story reading and asking children to reflect on their behaviour are early steps in the process of becoming reflective, but this needs to be followed up with conversations that deconstruct assumptions to make sense of experiences and explore multiple perspectives. This research is important for health and human service workers and others who want to develop reflective capacity in children and young people, particularly for children subject to disadvantage who need to overcome trauma and adversities.


Author(s):  
Jouni Häkli ◽  
Riikka Korkiamäki ◽  
Kirsi Pauliina Kallio

The public welfare services provided to children and young people in Finland have proved insufficient and costly. Some concerns have also been voiced about the ways in which measures intended as supportive end up labelling their recipients as ‘problem youth’. In response, alternatives to the dominant ‘early intervention’ paradigm have been developed, with emphasis on preventive support for children and youth in general. In line with these policies, this article introduces the idea of ‘positive recognition’, developed in our recent study. Drawing from recognition theories, and in collaboration with professionals working with children and youth, we have developed a theoretically informed practical approach to fostering children and young people’s wellbeing at large, as part of everyday professional practices in institutional and non-institutional settings, and explored its potential in the prevention of social problems and marginalisation among children and youth. The paper provides a brief overview of the theoretical background of positive recognition in the context of social pedagogy, introduces how the approach can be implemented in professional practices with children and young people, and discusses the potentials of these alternative welfare practices to social pedagogy in Finland and beyond.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 215-218
Author(s):  
Shujuan Jia

The successful socialization of today’s children and youth is a concern for the whole society, as well as many families. Correct and scientific circumstances must guide it. Teachers play a critical part in children’s and youth’s effective socialization. Teachers must give close attention to children and young people in the process of instilling accurate values, perspectives on life, and the world, as well as assisting them in effectively socializing them.  


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Weatherall ◽  
S Danby ◽  
K Osvaldsson ◽  
J Cromdal ◽  
M Emmison

© 2016 The Australian Linguistics Society. Pranking can be understood as challenging a normative social order. One environment where pranking occurs is in institutional interaction. The present study examines a sample of pranking calls to telephone helplines for children and young people. Some cases had been posted on YouTube by the person doing the pranking; others were from a subcollection of possible pranks, extracted from a larger corpus of Australian children's counselling helpline calls. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis we aim to understand the inferential and sequential resources involved in pranking within telephone-mediated counselling services for children and youth. Our analysis shows pranksters know the norms of counselling helplines by their practices employed for subverting them. YouTube pranksters exploit next turns of talk to retrospectively cast what the counsellor has just said as a possible challenge to the perception of the call as a normal counselling one. One practice evident in both sources was the setting up of provocative traps to break a linguistic taboo. This detailed study of pranking in interaction provides documentary evidence of its idiosyncratic yet patterned local accomplishment in telephone-mediated counselling services aimed at children and youth.


2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth

This article is written as a bold opinion piece. It stems from the fact that once again we are seeing reports of abuse in residential care while at the same time there are calls for the reclaiming of residential care as a positive choice for children and youth. Yet there seems to be confusion as to exactly what function these programs should perform in the broader out-of-home care system. There are also important questions about the knowledge and skills that staff would require if such programs are to be non-abusive. A rejoinder to this opinion piece would be welcome.


2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth ◽  
Patricia Hansen

The media coverage of foster care in Australia is replete with adoration for foster carers who look after disadvantaged and difficult children and youth. As this article is being written, New South Wales is holding a ‘foster care week’ with enhanced media coverage and praise for foster carers, the recruitment of new foster carers and acclaim for the ‘foster carer of the year’. Yet, there is another side to foster care that offers less than ideal circumstances for children in care. There is the worrying issue of multiple placements, the problem with children and young people running away from foster care before they reach the legal age for discharge, and evidence of increased incidence of poor educational attainment and involvement in juvenile offending for young people in foster care. In addition, there are cases of foster children being abused by foster carers. As adults, former foster-care children and youth are over-represented among the homeless, in adult correction centres, the unemployed and the users of mental health services. This article documents these negative outcomes of entering the foster-care system, and asks whether family (or non-relative) foster care can survive this evidence. For too many children and young people, family foster care may not provide better outcomes than less-than-optimal parental care from which the children were removed. An alternative is to reduce the use of family foster care and increase intensive support and parenting education services for birth parents who have limited parenting capacity. The aim should be to limit the number of children being taken into care.


Author(s):  
Daiani Modernel Xavier ◽  
Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz ◽  
Clarice Alves Bonow ◽  
Maria Denise Schimith

Objective: to know the prevalence of occupational accidents in children and youth who work with their families in the rural environment and to identify the associated factors. Method: exploratory, descriptive and analytical study with quantitative approach, developed in three rural areas. Participants were 211 children and young people who assisted the family in rural work. Data collection was performed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Bivariate analysis was performed using Pearson’s chi-square, Fisher’s exact, Student’s t and Mann-Whitney tests and multivariate analysis using Poisson regression. Results: the prevalence of self-reported occupational accidents was 55%. It was highlighted: insect bites (44%), burns (40.5%), falls (27.6%), injury with a working tool (16.4%), electric shock (15.5 %), burn by animal (8.6%), animal bite (6.9%) and pesticide poisoning (2.6%). These were related to shared housing, leisure activity - riding a motorcycle, product resulting from lettuce cultivation and use of personal protective equipment. Conclusion: it is believed that these findings may enhance the development of public policies aimed at preserving the health of these children and young people, regulate working conditions and reduce occupational risks in the rural environment.


Author(s):  
Benita Svareniece ◽  
Irēna Katane

<p class="Atext"><em>These days sustainability of education becomes more actual the guarantor of which appears to be the availability and multiplicity of education for every human being during the lifetime where the non-formal education takes a significant place. The aim of the article is to update the role of the interest education of children and young people in the context of life-long education when publishing the results of the completed theoretical and empirical research in the sphere of the non-formal education. The empirical research ’Interest education in Latvia and the role of the institutions of interest education’ has been accomplished within the frameworks of the working group of the constructive board of headmasters of the interest educational institutions of Latvia. The results of the survey of the children and young people acknowledge that there is a wide spectrum of motives of choosing the interest education. The choice and popularity of the programmes of the interest education have been defined by several groups of factors. It is important to offer possibilities to attend different interest groups both in the country and in towns thus gaining new out-of –school experience that can further largely result on choosing the career objectives. Both –the researches and the personal experience of the author affirm that the centres of the interest education of the children and youth are the sub-systems of multifunctional environment of the non-formal education in the total environment of the education of Latvia.</em></p>


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