The teaching of racket sports in the school environment

Abstract

Backgorund: The physical education classes involves an extensive variety of bodily activities. The most common - usually chosen by teachers - being team sports, such as soccer, futsal, basketball, volleyball and handball, which form such a monoculture of five modalities. The activities proposed in the classes need to include new sports experiences in order to maximize the scope of bodily culture contents through sports. Objective: To verify the possibility of inserting racquet sports into primary school physical education classes (7th and 8th years). Methods: Through the application of activities in twenty classes, a content analysis was performed. Results: When considering the notes of the field diary it was noticed that inserting new contents in the classes is a barrier to be overcome. Breaking the paradigm of monoculture is not an easy task, mainly because there is the difficulty of acquiring the materials directed to the execution of the batting abilities, which are not common in the school’s warehouse. But as a way to minimize such difficulties, these materials can be made by the students themselves, arousing in them the curiosity and enthusiasm for the practice of underdeveloped activities. This aspect facilitador, somado to reality of activities non are totalmente coletivas, provocou maior aceitação e participação nas aulas. Conclusion: Therefore, the insertion of new contents in physical education classes is an arduous task, but if applied with an adequate methodology, attractive materials and creative activities, it becomes an interesting and encouraging task, allowing the students to join classes.