Training periodization and competition management in Surf Clube de Viana development team

• Autor(a) principal: Mlcochová, Kamila
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/2771
• topic: Surfing; Young athletes; Surf technique; Performance; Planning; Atletas jovens; Técnicas de surf; Performance; Planeamento

This report presents the internship reports that took place in Surf Clube de Viana with a six months duration. The objectives were to access, monitor, and improve the performance of young surf athletes, understand the management process, and plan the sports season and training plan. The report is divided into two parts. The first part explains the problem supported by recent literature, and it clarifies what is Surfing and what is Surfing performance. The second part is a practical report of the internship activities, showing the surf performance analysis and planning of the competitive surf season. This second part also have an investigation in to practices with the objective to understand the relationship between basic psychological needs and mental toughness and the influence of gender, age, and years of sporting experience on mental strength. This internship allowed the development of ground abilities connected to planning and executing a training cycle for a particular preparation period and competing surf seasons. The tasks during the internship were diverse, and it started with the physical evaluation of athletes and went through planning the training units, monitoring the athletes' performance, providing feedback, and enhancing improvement of their capacities. It deepened the knowledge of the surfing field, its techniques, and tactics, to being able to provide more comprehensive feedback to the athletes and accomplishing all the tasks concerning performance in surfing training.