Passando da teoria para a prática, em contexto do futebol de formação

Abstract

This internship report was carried out as part of one of the essential assessment requirements for those who have the intention to successfully complete their master's degree in Sports Psychology and Human Development. The main objective of this final report is to explain and expose the entire internship process and steps, from the activities that were implemented, to all the experiences that were acquired during it. That been said this document is divided into six parts, which can be grouped into four main groups: the first, comprising the introduction and literature review; the second, concerning the characterization of the institution as well as the team and the description, presentation and reflection of the activities developed during the internship; the third group, is for the research on the leadership of coaches; and, finally, the fourth group reserved for a reflection and final conclusion about all the internship. It is also important to mention that the activities were divided into three parts: the first parts was for exposing and describing the activities developed individually, whose primary aim was to understand and/or work in the players and coaches psychological skills in order to try develop them or improve their performance; the second part was related to the activities carried out in collaboration with both my internship colleagues and the institution's staff; and the last part was for the presentation on the complementary activities carried out during the internship, such as meetings, formations, etc. Another aspect that should be mentioned is related to the qualitative research carried out, whose main objective was to understand the perspectives of coaches regarding the different areas of their professional activities and the way in which they exercised their leadership and power in their teams. The participating subjects were three coaches from the same team with ages between 21 and 32 years (M = 25.3). Data collection was carried out through the implementation of the interview that was developed by Gomes (2007). With regard to data analysis, it was carried out using content analysis. The results obtained, in general, were in line with the literature review. However, due to the specificities of the research methodology and sample used, the data cannot be generalized.