Análise Biomecânica do Deslize Progressivo para a Frente na Patinagem Artística sobre Rodas: Caracterização do movimento

The present study aims to characterize the forward progressive slide movement in Artistic Roller Skating describing the kinematic parameters of the movement. At the same time, the muscular activity of ten lower limb muscles was analyzed in 22 medalist skaters of the National Championship and/or the European Championship in 2017, distributed among the six age groups of the modality. In addition to the use of wi-fi surface electromyography, the kinematic data collection was performed in two dis...

Força Psicológica no alto rendimento da Ginástica Artística: as percepções de atletas e de um técnico da Elite do Brasil

Among the different themes related to studies in High Income, it is increasingly considered the psychological force as a decisive point to achieve great results. The present work investigates the perceptions of the attributes of psychological strength of an active group of national and international achievement, of the High Performance of the Artistic Gymnastics of Brazil. Six athletes and a coach participated in the research, and were all submitted to a semi-structured interview, by the prep...

Um olhar sobre as dinâmicas na Escola da Ponte: Práticas pedagógicas no currículo em geral e em específico na Educação Física

This research is a case study and aimed to analyse the pedagogical practices of the Ponte School, specifically the mechanisms of differentiation, as well as the student's autonomy in curricular practices in general and in Physical Education. For this, it was adopted qualitative methods and had as empirical universe the context of a Public School, specifically the Escola da Ponte, located in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Porto district, Portugal. The study analyse the educational project Fa...

Rugby feminino em Portugal: que motivações e barreiras para a prática da modalidade?

Nowadays, it is a consensus that sports practice has immense advantages both at physical and psychological level. However, over time, athletes face some barriers to sports practice. In this sense, in the present study was the meeting of this reality - the reduced, albeit growing, female adherence to sport, and in particular to Rugby to understand the motivations of these for practice. The main objective of this study was to verify the motives and motivational adjustments that contribute to th...