Avaliação dos fatores psicológicos e componentes de treinamento físico de jogadores de handebol

Abstract

Monitoring training variables allows prescribing and adjusting external and internal loads related to physical exercise. This control prevents injuries and overload to the athlete's system, but it is known that psychological effects such as mood, emotional intelligence and resilience can also contribute to or worsen gains in physical capacity and skills. In general, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the increase in the psychological stress of the population and, specifically, there is little information on how handball players went through this moment and how it affected the situation of these athletes for the return of sports activities. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate and monitor the psychological factors and physical training components of handball players during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research participants were handball athletes (men and women, aged over 18 years and above Juvenile category), who practiced the modality for at least 1 year and who participated in some state or regional championship in the year of 2019. The sample consisted of 98 participants, 52.04% male and 47.96% female, with a mean age of 29.54 ± 8.18 years, but 80.61% met the criterion of inclusion (participating in a championship in 2019) and not being out of training due to injury. The evaluation instruments were a questionnaire with questions about demographic variables, conditions related to training and isolation and training variables (intensity - "Subjective Perceived Effort", duration - time (hours)/week, weekly frequency, recovery - hours slept) and the psychometric scales of mood (BRUMS), emotional intelligence (WLEIS) and Brief Resilience. The results showed that the period of confinement changed the perception of handball athletes regarding the intensity, volume and frequency of training p<0.01, sleep quality before the pandemic x during the pandemic p<0.004, and before the pandemic x moment p<0.003, which may be linked to increased stress in the pandemic period due to isolation. Psychological factors such as mood, emotional intelligence and the similarity of an athlete's ability to shape how situations and challenges are experienced, however, there are signs of fatigue and effort on their part. that the choices as due to COVID-19 change significantly as we concluded-scholarship in the training in hand training Brazil, leaving more than 30 studies without adequacy due to the absence of materials and pandemic, being a category accepted more than the categories below. A brings important information for hand research athletes and coaches, so that the return to activities after this period of social isolation is the most appropriate, mainly due to the fact that it is the most appropriate possible, mainly due to the fact that it has realized the valences , technical and psychological of the period, being created and evaluated. strategies to combat this scenario. A limitation of the study was that it did not carry out a face-to-face assessment of the athletes, thus leaving an evaluation for future more in-depth studies on the real situation of handball athletes after the pandemic social isolation.