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

REALITYSports

Combative sports

Gymnastic

Dance

Plays and games

Other practices (alternative)

BUT…

• Few combative sports

• Teacher teach only if they know

REALITYSports

Combative sportsGymnastic

Dance

Plays and games

Other practices (alternative)

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

Unpredictability of actions

Predictable: Demonstration - katas and katis

Unpredictability: combative sports

From Rufino (2014)

• Combative sports on school and outside school, as in a big government program “Second Time”.

Unpredictability – combative sports

DistanceShort:- Judo

- Jiu-jitsu- wrestling

Medium:- Kung Fu- Boxing- Karate

Long:- Fencing

Mix:- MMA

From Rufino (2014)

Essential topics to teach

Essential topics to teach History: contest

and changes Combative

sport x fight (violence)

Predictable and unpredictable

Notion about the distance

Knowing some combative

sports

From Rufino (2014)

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:

• 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:• 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!