Olhares sobre o crossfit kids pelos professores de educação física

Abstract

The CrossFit (CF) is an innovative training methodology, the social impact in classrooms is still expanding. Due to its characteristics, it is able to contribute to the achievement of several of the objectives established by the educational legislation for Physical Education and influences certain content and develop various basic skills. This study aims to evaluate the perception of Physical Education teachers regarding the use of CrossFit Kids (CFK) theme in teaching. To that end, we conducted a qualitative survey of structured interviews with teachers of Alagoas State of Physical Education in order to know their perception on the methodology of CrossFit Kids teaching in physical education classes for children and adolescents from public schools. Thus, out of 28 teachers interviewed, most had some kind of postgraduate and taught in elementary school I, II and / or high school, where they had an average of 9 classes per teacher per school, giving Physical Education classes twice a week per class most of the time. Regarding the CrossFit and use as a methodology in teaching CrossFit Kids where most claims to know the CF, however, did not know of the existence of CFK. However, the majority of respondents expressed interest in using the methodology of CFK in class. At the end of the interview, teachers reported suggestions for improvements in basic education. We conclude that by the prospect of physical education teachers of Basic Education of the State of Alagoas, the CrossFit Kids as teaching methodology can be considered a viable practice to be inserted in an educational context.