Gymnarteiros na 15ª world gymnaestrada: contribuições da Participação para a formação profissional e pessoal

Abstract

The Gymnastics for All (GPT) is an official form of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which without competitive purposes, with varied characteristics, suitable activities for all individuals, without any discrimination in relation to age groups, sexes, physical abilities, Technical skills and cultural backgrounds. The World Gymnasestrada is a festival that takes place every four years, which brings together practitioners from all over the world, to demonstrate their choreography and to fraternize and Brazil has participated in the Festival since its second edition. The GPT in the State of Ceará is represented by the Gymnarteiros group, which develops its activities at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), with an Extension project entitled General Gymnastics - IEFES / UFC and presents its proposal with objectives aimed at working the principles of training Human and professional. This research had the objective of analyzing the contributions that the participation in the 15th World Gymnaestrada brought to the professional and personal formation of the Gymnarteiros group participants. Semi - structured interviews were conducted with ten Gymnarteiros members who participated in the 15th World Gymnaestrada Helsinki - Finland. To analyze the interview data, Content Analysis was used. The results indicated that World Gymnaestrada in the opinion of the members of the group Gymnarteiros shows a relevant contribution to the personal and professional formation, bringing new experiences, new knowledge and experiences that go beyond the idea of only presenting a choreography.