Representações dos estudantes de uma escola pública de Maceió sobre a prática do handebol

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the students' representations about the practice of handball in a public school in Maceió-AL. In this sense, the research presented a descriptive qualitative approach. As a research instrument, a semistructured interview was performed, recorded in mp3 format and transcribed into a document. The research was carried out in a public school in Maceió-AL in which 09 (nine) elementary school students participated, members of the handball modality, being presented only by age and gender, in order to maintain the confidentiality of their identities. In the investigation of the study, as a form of data processing, content analysis was used. From the testimonies of the participating subjects, the following categories emerged: the teacher's role in teaching handball; the benefits of handball at school; the passion for the sport and the search for opportunity. From the interpretation of the data, it can be concluded that the participants represent handball as a sport that provides improvements in quality of life and physical conditioning, especially when it acts in the fight against sedentary lifestyle, in addition to promoting social interaction, from the search for pleasure to professional pretensions. In this sense, it was seen that the teacher has an important role in the integral development of these students, being a guide and mediator in this process.