Influência familiar e perfil socioeconômico nas práticas esportivas: uma análise a partir do time municipal de futebol masculino de jovens atletas na cidade de Aguiarnopolís – TO

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate family influence and socioeconomic profile in sports training of young athletes. It is characterized as an interdisciplinary study among the areas of Physical Education, Psychology and Sociology, of quali-quantitative nature, of descriptive type, with transversal cut. The sample is made up of 24 young athletes, 13-17 years old, from the male soccer team, from the "Escolinha bom de bola, bom na escola", from the city of Aguiarnópolis -TO. As instruments were used a questionnaire to verify the athletes' perception about the level of support that their parents can offer during their sports career, with four aspects and the degrees of support. Two open questions were applied to verify the influence of family income on the sporting career in the athlete's perception. To carry out the research, the appropriate ethical procedures were adopted, and the questionnaires were applied in an environment with pre-determined times and dates together with the school management. Based on what was observed, it is pointed out that most of the young soccer players who belong to the "bom de bola, bom na escola" school in the city of Aguiarnópolis -TO receive both financial and motivational incentives from their parents. These factors are fundamental because they contribute for the youngster to keep on practicing sports. Moreover, for most students, family income does not seem to be a limiting factor for the practice of sports.