UNIVERSITY, SPORTS AND WRESTLING IN BRAZIL
Guy Ginciene - PhD student, FAPESP Researcher and member of
GEPPA - Pedagogic Studies And Athletics Research Group – UNESP,
Rio Claro/Brazil
PEDAGOGICS STUDIES AND ATHLETICS
RESEARCH GROUP
How can the sport of wrestling be
develop through the system of
university sports?
• Many things should be done…
– Government policy
– University courses of PE and Sports
– Federation formation
– ….
• Combative sports (wrestling) in PE, sports in
school and outside the school
• Wrestling in University course of Physical
Education
Combative sports (wrestling) in PE,
sports in school and outside the
school
How is PE nowadays?
EXPECTATION
(Culture of body movement)
REALITY
Sports
Sports (Soccer, volleyball, Basketball and
handball)
Combative sports
Gymnastic
Dance
Plays and games
Other practices (alternative)
How is PE nowadays? [2]
• University and government:
– Supporting teachers with courses and didactic
material
– Notebook for children
REALITY
Sports
Combative sports
Gymnastic
Dance
Plays and games
Other practices (alternative)
BUT…
• Few combative sports
REALITY
Sports
Combative sports
Gymnastic
Dance
Plays and games
Other practices (alternative)
• Teacher teach only if
they know
How to to select sports and combative
sports?
• Impossible to teach all sports or all combative
sports
• Prof. Fernando Gonzalez – classified the sports based
on the tactical problem and teach each kind of sports: invasion
games; net and wall games; target games; fielding games.
• Prof. Luiz Gustavo Rufino – did the same with the
combative sports
Prof. Luiz Gustavo Rufino
• Combative sports on school and outside
school, as in a big government program
“Second Time”.
Unpredictability of actions
Predictable: Demonstration - katas and
katis
From Rufino (2014)
Unpredictability: combative sports
Unpredictability – combative sports
Distance
Short:
- Judo
- Jiu-jitsu
- wrestling
From Rufino (2014)
Medium:
- Kung Fu
- Boxing
- Karate
Long:
- Fencing
Mix:
- MMA
Essential topics to teach
Essential topics to teach
History: contest
and changes
From Rufino (2014)
Combative
sport x fight
(violence)
Predictable and
unpredictable
Notion about
the distance
Knowing some
combative
sports
Conclusion
• PE in schools show kids: different possibilities to
practice combative sports:
– different kinds of combative sports such as wrestling
to practice
– different ways to use combative sports in their life's:
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Professional athlete
free time
Spectator
Coach
…..
• If a kid in school get interest in wrestling, we
need:
– Specific programs or places to learn;
– Good professionals (coaches, teachers)
University + federation
Reality of Physical Education courses on
University is the same as in school and students
don’t have a good background in combative
sports
– Impossible to teach all;
– We should teach in the same perspective
If students (future teacher/coach) wants to
know more about wrestling:
– Federation program to develop teachers/coaches
– Interchange programs
Government also could help with:
– More Social programs for sport, like “Second
Time” and others:
– Increase the interchange between countries:
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Students
Teachers
Coaches
Researchers
– National university leagues
• This could help specially the athletes
Other things
– Conferences and meetings: university, federation,
coaches
– Financial support for researches:
• Action research
Thank you for your attention!