GAME LEVELS AND DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE IN YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYERS FROM CEARÁ STATE [Niveles de Juego y conocimiento declarativo en jóvenes jugadores de baloncesto del Estado de Ceará]

Abstract

Basketball is one of the most practiced sports in the state of Ceará, in the school environment. The traditional method is the most used among teachers and coaches. This approach does not allow the adherence of new practitioners to the regular practice of the sport. The central objective was to verify the level of understanding of play in basketball of young people from 12 to 16 years from an alternative approach to teaching-learning-sports training. This is a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 16 students between 12 and 16 years of age, with a minimum of 1 year of practice, of the extension project Solidary Basketball, of the Federal University of Ceará. The GPAI (Game Performance Assessment Instrument) was used. The instrument has the function of evaluating the behavior of the performance in the game. The first part of the assessment was made from a 2x2 basketball game, with only half court available. The second part of the evaluation was carried out from a formal basketball game (5x5). Students were assessed from their collective action, through a formal basketball game, without exclusion or adaptation of rules. The game was played between team A x team B, with both teams playing in the game system of 1.2.2. The tactical knowledge of basketball, according to the classification of the experts, five obtained weak results, six obtained moderate results and five obtained effective results, demonstrating that the sample is quite heterogeneous. It is possible to use GPAI to evaluate the game level of basketball players, as well other approaches to basketball education, leaving aside traditional methods and starting with alternative methods.

Keywords

• basketball
• alternative approach
• school sports