Development of talented women's football athletes

• Autor(a) principal: Schmidt, Rodrigo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Massa, Marcelo, Luguetti, Carla Nascimento, Böhme, Maria Tereza Silveira, Monteiro, Carlos Bandeira de Mello, Ré, Alessandro H. Nicolai
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Futsal e Futebol
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbff.com.br/index.php/rbff/article/view/1269
• topic: Talent development; Women's football; sports talent; Desenvolvimento do talento; Futebol feminino; Talento esportivo

The aim of this research was to investigate the interference of sports training and psychosocial factors in the development of talented female soccer players. Twenty-nine athletes from the winning team of the Copa Libertadores da América in 2009, aged between 16 and 32, were interviewed. Qualitative research was carried out consisting of seven semi-structured questions. Data were analyzed from the “Collective Subject Discourse”. It was found that: a) women started to practice women's football “on the street” (51.7%); b) the success in the modality came with time for 65.5% of the athletes; c) 48% of the athletes stated that the training was not planned; d) the interest in football and the love for the sport were the main motivators of practice (58.6%); e) 93.1% of the athletes reported receiving support from the family; f) 79.3% believe they have adequate remuneration at the moment of their career, however, 58.6% played in adulthood without receiving financial support and their parents financed the practice (55.2%); g) Initiation teachers were cited as the most important (55.2%). In general, it is concluded that the development of some of the main football players in Brazil and in the world does not occur in a systematic way (formal training) and is dependent on family support and the possibility of playing in public places with boys (siblings, cousins, friends, etc.).