Perfil Sociodemográfico, Socioeconômico E Esportivo De Tenistas Infantojuvenis Brasileiros De Elite

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Resumo: O estudo objetivou descrever o perfil sociodemográfico, socioeconômico e esportivo de tenistas infantojuvenis brasileiros competitivos de elite. Participaram 130 tenistas, sendo 102 homens e 28 mulheres. A maioria dos tenistas é natural das Regiões Sudeste e Sul e houve um predomínio de tenistas treinando nessas regiões. A maioria dos tenistas pertence à classe socioeconômica A. Em média, os tenistas iniciaram no tênis aos oito anos e o início em competições de tênis foi aos 11 anos. Os tempos médios de prática e de prática competitiva dos tenistas foram de sete e quatro anos, respectivamente. Já foram finalistas em competição internacional 16% dos atletas e aproximadamente a metade já disputou finais em competições internacionais e nacionais. Concluiu-se que os tenistas investigados são oriundos das classes econômicas mais altas. Além disso, os tenistas apresentaram grande volume de treino e tempo de prática. Abstract:The study aimed to describe the sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and sports profiles of Brazilian competitive elite junior tennis players. A total of 130 athletes participated, being 102 males and 28 females. Most of them come from Brazil's Southeast and South and train in those regions. Most belong to the "A" socioeconomic class. On average, they began practicing tennis at the age of eight and started competing at the age of 11. Their average practice and competition times were seven and four years respectively. Some (16%) have been finalists in international competitions and nearly half have already played finals in national and international competitions. Those players were found to come from Brazil's highest economic classes. Moreover, they showed large amount of training and practice time.Resumen: Resumen: El estudio describe el perfil sociodemográfico, socioeconómico y deportivo de tenistas infantojuveniles de élite brasileños. Participaron 130 tenistas, siendo 102 hombres y 28 mujeres. La mayoría de los tenistas es natural de las regiones Sudeste y Sur y entrenan en esas regiones. La mayoría pertenece a la clase socioeconómica A. En promedio, comenzaron a practicar tenis a los ocho años y comenzaron a participar en competiciones a los 11 años. Los tiempos de práctica y de práctica competitiva fueron de siete y cuatro años en promedio, respectivamente. Han sido finalistas en competiciones internacionales 16% de los atletas y alrededor de la mitad ha disputado finales en competiciones nacionales e internacionales. Se concluye que los tenistas investigados son oriundos de las clases económicas más altas. Además, presentaron gran volumen de entrenamiento y tiempo de práctica.. Palavras chave:Classe social. Tênis. Esportes. Atletas.

Effect of practice hours on elite junior tennis players’ burnout: Gender differences

“…Our findings are also similar to those of Andrade et al 28 who emphasized the complexity of athlete burnout and the fact that, depending on the individual characteristics of the athlete and the sports context, this phenomenon can manifest in different ways.…”

“…Studies with Spanish elite taekwondo, weightlifting, handball, and basketball athletes identified burnout in almost 10% of the elite athletes. 51 Our results are also in line with those of Andrade et al 28 who found that 10% of the tennis players in their sample had a moderate risk of burnout, 3.1% had a high risk, and 2.3% showed signs of burnout. Furthermore, our results are lower than those obtained by Peraita et al 52 with adolescent non-elite tennis players who found that 55.3% of girls and 16.1% of boys had a high risk of burnout syndrome.…”

“…27 Several studies have examined the relationship between burnout and different demographic and sport variables such as gender, age, type of sport, training volume, years of participation, volume of competition and regeneration procedures. 4,[28][29][30][31][32] Gender is the first individual difference that has proven to affect the levels of burnout. Research has found differences with gender, showing that women have the highest values of burnout [33][34][35][36][37] and EPE.…”