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COACHES' PERCEPTIONS OF THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES IN IMPROVING CAPOEIRA TRAINING

he main objective of this study was to gain insight into capoeira coaches' perception of criteria for children’s inclusion in capoeira, benefits of capoeira training and recommendations for the improvement of capoeira training for children and young people in psychosocial risk. Semi-structured interviews were used in this qualitative research. Data were processed by the thematic data analysis. All interviews were recorded, transliterated and respondents were asked to authorize their own transcript. They had the right to opt out of the interview at any time. The sample consisted of 9 capoeira coaches from Croatia who are part of Tribo moderna project. The average age of respondents was 26 (ranging from 19 to 31), 5 of them being male and 4 female. Their experience in capoeira training ranged from 2 to 10 years with the average being 5 years. The results of this study showed that there were several criteria for the inclusion in capoeira training: school professionals who choose school children, the age criteria and voluntary involvement. The second part of the results relates to coaches’ perceptions of the benefit of capoeira: growing sense of acceptance and belonging, tolerance, improvement of social skills, self-esteem and self-confidence, flexibility according to individual children’s needs, participation in non-competitive and collaborative environment, physical development, greater opportunities for socialization and re-socialization, openness to different cultures and development of musicality. The last part of the results deals with the challenges and possibilities related to the improvement in guiding young people in psychosocial risk through capoeira. The results showed that it is necessary for capoeira coaches to respect children’s individuality, understand each child's developmental needs, monitor and integrate children’s individuality into their work and motivate them to be creative. Other recommendations relate to the needs of monitoring, educating and encouraging the self-development of capoeira coaches, i.e., of investing in their professional and personal development. According to coaches’ perceptions, the study showed that children and youth in psychosocial risk who are involved in capoeira training could benefits from it in social and psychophysical area, especially if coaches are educated, motivated and supported by the local community.

children and young people in psychosocial risk, semi-structured interview, benefit of capoeira, challenges and opportunities, individuality

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