SOCIOECONOMIC, SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND SPORTS PROFILES OF BRAZILIAN ELITE JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS
The study aimed to describe the sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and sports profiles of Brazilian competitive elite junior tennis players. A total of 130 athletes participated, being 102 males and 28 females. Most of them come from Brazil’s Southeast and South and train in those regions. Most belong...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Movimento (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/74041 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/74041 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Clase social. Tenis. Deportes. Atletas. Estatus socioeconómico Tenis Deporte Atleta. Classe social. Tênis. Esportes. Atletas. Status Socioeconômico Tênis Esporte Atleta Socioeconomic status Tennis Sport Athlete Social class. Tennis. Sports. Athletes. Athlete. |
| Sumario: | The study aimed to describe the sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and sports profiles of Brazilian competitive elite junior tennis players. A total of 130 athletes participated, being 102 males and 28 females. Most of them come from Brazil’s Southeast and South and train in those regions. Most belong to the “A” socioeconomic class. On average, they began practicing tennis at the age of eight and started competing at the age of 11. Their average practice and competition times were seven and four years respectively. Some (16%) have been finalists in international competitions and nearly half have already played finals in national and international competitions. Those players were found to come from Brazil’s highest economic classes. Moreover, they showed large amount of training and practice time. |
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