O significado do esporte em um projeto de esporte educacional da periferia de Fortaleza

Abstract

This work approaches the sport as a youth training agent in an educational sports project in the outskirts of Fortaleza, coordinated by the municipal government. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of sport in young participants of the Citizen Athlete Project in the city of Fortaleza. Thus, in order to achieve this objective, an instrumental transversal case study of a qualitative nature was carried out, where 11 subjects participating in the Citizen Athlete Project, besides the teacher, were interviewed. Where testimonial analyzes were done, besides the use of field diaries to follow the lessons of the project. The results show that sport contributes significantly to the improvement or improvement of the technical aspect and physical conditioning, street evasion, improvement of behavior and discipline, improvement of health and disposition, flight of crime and drugs, and the emergence of new friendships. Therefore, it is concluded that sport contributes effectively to the development of the individual, working his motor and social capacities.