Studyonthe improvementof the methodical designused inthe acrobatic training processin capoeira in the initiation-consolidation stageamong middle-schoolers

Abstract

Acrobatics has made a significant breakthrough in the competitive and non-competitive sports life in contemporary society. A new generation of emerging motor activities, with an alternative status of manifesto-sports, has built an important role in the attention and interest of the new generations of young people. Almost entirely, these activities embrace adrenaline, adventure, and extreme as a condition of identity. One of the common characteristics is the identification of acrobatics in the individual manifestation forms of this new wave of sports. Capoeira–as one of the trademark activities of this new wave of sports, appreciated by the young generation –has been deeply included in social sports practices and its popularity has reached an unprecedented level. This has determined specialists to analyse scientifically all its main and complementary aspects. One of these aspects is represented by the acrobatic component within the technical portfolio of capoeira. The present paper has the objective of studying a new methodical design regarding the teaching of basic acrobatic elements in capoeira training addressed to middle schoolers. This new methodical design –proposed and studied by us–has generated positive results in what concerns the development of certain qualitative aspects of specific motricity, namely vestibular control and aspects of technical training concerning the improvement of acquiring the acrobatic elements studied. These methodical perspectives open the way towards an easier approach to acquiring capoeira-specific acrobatic elements, characterised by a high degree of complexity, difficulty, and originality, thus shortening the timeframe destined to the process of acquiring the specific technical mechanisms.

Keywords

• capoeira
• acrobatic training
• emerging sports
• methodical perspectives