This study aims to identify the expectations of the coaches on the instruction and behavior of athletes. The second objective is to correlate the expectations of the coaches with the instruction behavior of coaches and with the behavior of athletes in competition. Aiming to achieve these purpose four coaches of youth soccer teams that competed in the national championships in Portugal were studied. We applied observation systems SAIC and SOCAC to encode behaviors of coach's instruction and the behavior of athletes in competition, respectively. To data collection on expectations, the coaches responded to the Questionnaire about Expectations of Instruction and Behavior of Athletes in Competition. The results show that there is short relation between the coach's expectations and what actually happens in competition regarding the instruction behavior and the behavior of athletes.

The study aimed to evaluate the profile of cross-country cycling coaches. The sample consisted of 20 cycling coaches aged between 26 and 50 years old and who worked on the training prescription for cyclists. All volunteers answered a semi-structured questionnaire that addressed topics such as: coaches' biography; working time as a coach, how to keep up to date, types and forms of periodization, use of software to monitor athletes and the psychological aspects of the training process. Data were analyzed quantitatively through the distribution of absolute and relative frequency. It is observed that 55% of the coaches had already worked for more than 15 years in cycling and 35% of the sample had also worked for more than 15 years with high-performance athletes. It was also possible to verify that 100% of the sample is kept up-to-date in relation to their knowledge related to the sport, with 85% of these coaches seeking this knowledge through courses, congresses or scientific seminars. The main results showed that most coaches had at least 15 years of experience in the profession, in addition, all coaches analyzed stated that they keep up-to-date in relation to the literature on the studied modality.

Little has been discussed about the knowlwdge required for the formation of the sports coach, in particular football and futsal, this can be a result of a tradition in the area that still considers as central technical training reflections-tactical and physical preparation. Thus, the present research is born the following question: What have been the interests in journals football and futsal area to discuss about knowledge in the formation of the coach? The central objective is to present the knowledge required for the formation of the sports coach of football and futsal. To this end, has developed a study of quali-quantitative basis, divided into two phases, the first was a documentary research, in the area of physical education journals and football, bolstered by Bibliometric indicators. With this methodological incursion was possible to verify that the coach has been the subject of little interest, there are no authors that publish constantly on this topic. and up-to-date analyses. Notice also, that the data collection instruments most used value narrative of the subject involved. Finally, these results will contribute to the second phase of the study will be an explanatory research with the football and futsal trainers of greater Vitória.

This descriptive and comparative study was conducted in order to identify and compare the style of decision making futsal and footballcoaches in the categories sub-11, sub-13 and sub-15. The study included six (6) coaches. 3 (three) Futsal coaches and each coach is in a different category, three (3) Football equally distributed into two clubs in the city of Chapecó (SC). The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire about decision making style of coach (QTDT), developed and validated by Guide (2009). All data were collected by the researcher, in the months of October and November 2012. The results indicate that, globally, futsal coaches are more competent in decision making as compared to football coaches. Moreover, futsal coaches outnumber football coaches in all dimensions than the questionnaire assesses. With regard to the dimensions of decision making, the futsal coaches are more competent in relation to metacognition about the context and prior knowledge about the context. Whereas football coaches were more skilled in dimensions conceptual models of context and strategies to manage uncertainty of context. It’s concluded that, when comparing the styles of decision making of futsal and footballcoaches in the categories sub-11, sub-13 and sub-15 in Chapecó (SC), the coaches of the modality of futsal were more efficient in decision making.

Futsal is one of the sports that has gained worldwide, rise in the number of practitioners. Among the groups where the practice has grown in recent decades, the female presents highlighted. However, the growth of the practice presents a close relationship with education and development of technical / tactical of the same elements. In this context, the coach is indispensable individual for the preparation of these practitioners. The aim of this study was to characterize the profile of women's futsal coaches of teams that competed in the Pelotas open games. The study was characterized as being descriptive observational. It was used for data collection a semi-structured questionnaire, pre-coded with sociodemographic questions and the related futsal training issues. They interviewed all the coaches who competed open game Pelotas in 2015. The average age of managers was 32.7 years, and almost all were men. Coaches, for the most part were former athletes, 44% were graduates in Physical Education and used as the most frequent means of updating the display of important sport competitions games. The main difficulties cited for working with women's futsal were lack of financial support, sponsorship, base category teams, prejudice of families and a few competitions. Regarding the given training, the coaches preferred to focus them on the tactical part of the game and the technical aspects of the sport. It is suggested that further studies be conducted among coaches working with this sport among women.

The study was based on the perception of soccer players as to the soccer coaches’ knowledges should be lean in order to achieve, together, the sportive success. The study was essentially organized from three categories of knowledges - professional, interpersonal and intrapersonal - and then confronts them with the specific literature regarding the sports coaching activity. Sixteen federated soccer players participated in a semi-structured interviews and discussed about thee competences required for the role of soccer coach. The answers of the were explored using the Content Analysis technique, confirming the qualitative approach of the study. Twenty knowledges were listed, all defined by an inductive analysis and within the triad of pre- established categories. The results assimilated the overlapping of interpersonal skills in relation emphasizing the importance of managing social relationships in this sport without, however, a proportional imbalance among the professional and intrapessoal knowledges.

The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of surfing professionals (personal trainer, coach, professor) about their performance in this practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven participants: five physical trainers, a coach and a university professor. The collected data underwent a thematic content analysis, with two categories being elaborated. In the first category, evident events in the paths of the participants regarding professional performance in the universe of surfing were observed. About this, the entry of articulated acting linked to interests related to personal practice as surfers emerged as a unit of common meaning to the participants. In the second category, surfing is emphasized as a sport that has become a potential field of action in various areas, opening spaces for the development of methods and work perspectives. Considering the country's prominence in the world elite of the sport, it is noted that greater attention is required to the training and valuation of professionals who work in or for the surfing.

The aim of this essay is to discuss the initial education of sports coaches in Brazil in bachelor's courses in Physical Education and in Sport Sciences. We present studies in Physical Education and in Sport Sciences on initial education, and the Sport Sciences political pedagogical project at the University of Campinas - Unicamp, one of only two in Brazil and strongly anchored in Sport Pedagogy. The Sport Sciences course shows an emphasis on sport-specific knowledge. Students and graduates of the Sport Sciences course at Unicamp are more interested in sports training, while studies with Physical Education graduates point to the health area. The curricular structure and the professional interest in each course, indicate that the coach education is more valued and specific in the bachelor's degree in Sport Sciences.

This study aimed at analyzing the effect of the motivational climate induced by coaches in young athletes’ effort perception, through a hybrid model, developed based on the Achievement Goal Theory and the Self-Determination Theory. Data from 803 male athletes aged between 14 and 20 years (M=17.60; SD=2.21), with a weekly training frequency between 2 to 6 times a week (M=3.56; SD=.85) and workout duration between 60 to 300 minutes (M=99.75; SD=21.08) was analyzed. Participants completed four questionnaires previously translated and validated for Portuguese in the context of sport. Goodness-of-fit indexes of the measurement model and the structural model showed acceptable fit. All regressions proved to be significant, taking into account theoretical assumptions. The indirect effects show that the task-oriented climate positively predicts the perceived effort, both through autonomous motivation and through controlled motivation. Conversely, ego-oriented climates had a negative and significant indirect effect on perceived effort, regardless of the motivational regulation. In practical terms, young athletes' coaches should focus on the learning process and on developing new skills among the athletes, value progress and effort, individually and as a team, and creating a balanced and harmonious engagement between athletes.

Introducción y Objetivos: La retroalimentación se considera una de las herramientas más importantes en el proceso de gestión de la enseñanza de la técnica y la táctica en el ámbito de los deportes colectivos. El objetivo general de este trabajo es analizar las formas de expresión del feedback extrínseco entre los entrenadores que trabajan en el fútbol base. Materiales y Métodos: El estudio realizado es cualitativo, transversal y se caracteriza por una investigación descriptiva exploratoria, realizándose la investigación con seis entrenadores, que actúan en las categorías básicas de dos grandes clubes federados de la ciudad de Porto Alegre- Río Grande Sur. a través de una entrevista semiestructurada, abordando cinco preguntas abiertas. Discusión: Tras analizar las entrevistas, se constató que los entrenadores valoran el feedback extrínseco en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje-formación. Según los profesionales entrevistados, el uso de esta herramienta debe ocurrir con una dosificación correcta, de forma clara y adecuada para el grupo de edad. La práctica totalidad de los entrevistados manifiestan que la transmisión de información adquiere mayor importancia en las categorías más nuevas y/o en las etapas iniciales de formación. Analizando la diferencia en la aplicación, teniendo en cuenta las cualidades técnicas y tácticas, encontramos diferencias en las concepciones, ya que algunos entrenadores afirman utilizar el feedback para todo el grupo de deportistas, sin embargo, otros admiten utilizarlo en mayor escala para los deportistas titulares. Resultados y Conclusión: El estudio parece revelar que cada entrenador tiene su propia línea de trabajo, no necesariamente siguiendo una propuesta formativa, en cuanto a retroalimentación extrínseca, proveniente del club en el que se desempeña profesionalmente.