Coaching and Coach Education in Brazil

Abstract

In Brazil, contrary to the situation in many countries, sport coaching at all levels is considered a profession. Following a law passed by the government, those who want to coach are required to earn a university diploma called a ‘Bachelor in Physical Education’. This bachelor’s degree prepares future professionals to work in any of the following areas: health, leisure, and sport performance. Because universities have some fexibility regarding the courses that they offer and can also focus on one or any combination of the three aforementioned areas, we cannot assume that graduate students have acquired the same knowledge and developed the same competencies. Therefore, a broad inquiry of what is provided by different universities was needed to create a picture of the curriculum that future sport coaches will experience. In an effort to situate the Brazilian coaching and coach education system within a worldwide perspective, the data collected are interpreted using the International Sport Coaching Framework (ISCF).

The Learner-Centred Status of a Brazilian University Coach Education Program

“…Therefore, we believe that by conducting this case study we are contributing to the research on coach education programs delivered in university settings. However, considering that the requirements for undergraduate coach education degrees tend to vary between institutions (Dieffenbach & Wayda, 2010;Milistetd et al, 2014) we caution about generalization. Our hope is that the present study will be a point of reference for researchers, administrators, and instructors, as it provides a perspective that challenges the current way of…”

“…This means that to coach, Brazilians need to hold a university diploma called a 'Bachelor in Physical Education' (Milistetd, Trudel, Mesquita, & Nascimento, 2014). Galatti and colleagues (2016), in their analysis of Brazilian publications (in Portuguese) on sport coaching from 2000 to 2015, found that among the 82 published articles only two (Marchi & Ferreira, 2009;Nascimento, Ramos, Marcon, Saad, & Collet, 2009) focused on the 1998 legislation mandating a university degree in physical education for all coaches regardless of the context in which they coach.…”

“…In both studies the authors indicated that programs tend to focus on the technical aspects of coaching using traditional teaching methods. A third article (Milistetd et al, 2014), published in an English language journal, provides information on the Bachelors in Physical Education delivered by 20 universities in Brazil. The analysis of these documents indicated, among other things, that the number of hours in the curriculum varied widely, and the programs tended to make the sport performance-focused students (the two other focus areas being health and leisure) more generalists than specialists, meaning they were more qualified to work in the participation sport coaching context than in high performance coaching.…”

Autoeficácia Discente Na Formação Inicial De Estudantes Universitários De Educação Física

“…Ao investigarem os processos formativos utilizados no curso de bacharelado em Educação Física da instituição analisada no presente estudo, Milistetd et al (2014) identificaram que as aulas teórico-práticas representavam as situações de aprendizagem utilizadas com maior frequência. Neste sentido, o excesso de aulas teóricas, a abstração de conteúdos em relação à prática e a superficialidade dos conteúdos abordados, em detrimento da promoção de vivências que oportunizassem a ocorrência de situações de aprendizagem experiencial, foram consideradas as principais fragilidades do curso investigado (MILISTETD et al, 2014).…”

As fontes de conhecimento dos treinadores de jovens atletas de basquetebol

“…Essa realidade de formação nacional tem despertado o interesse e a curiosidade da comunidade científica internacional (MILISTETD et al, 2014), uma vez que há o entendimento de que a formação em nível superior traz benefícios para a qualificação dos treinadores e maior reconhecimento social para a profissão de treinador (INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COAChING FRAMEWORK, 2013).…”