A importância da iniciação esportiva: a verificação das valências físicas em crianças da escolinha de futebol de Santa Bárbara de Goiás

Abstract

The following study aims to evaluate the physical valences of children practicing soccer in playhouses compared to children who do not practice a control group to check for a difference between those of physical fitness. The sample consisted of 52 children, all of whom were male. The instrument used was a test battery and measurements taken from PROESP-BR were selected 3 items: agility test (square), explosive strength test of lower limbs (horizontal jump), abdominal resistance test, with everything still used to evaluate the questionnaire SF-36 (Brazilian version of quality of life questionnaire) and to evaluate the body composition we used BMI (body mass index), results: it is noticed that in the majority of the tests the children who practice soccer excelled in front of the children who do not practice, but in some tests they did not reach the expected average that would be excellent, as in the agility test (square), and few managed to reach an excellent average in the test of lower limbs (horizontal jump) with all open an observation regarding BMI where children who do not practice had high levels of overweight, conclusion: it is suggested a characterization of this population, so that public policies of incentives to physical activity aiming at an intervention the practice of physical activity to try to avoid the evil of the century that is sedentary.