O basquete como prática de lazer na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Abstract

In the search for knowing the possible existing relations between its practice and the leisure relation, as far as basketball is concerned, it is necessary to have a knowledge of its high rate of demand, mainly in physical and technical character and through the most varied tactics that comprise its participation, becoming necessary, even in an amateur way, a conditioning and adequate training. The present study aimed to investigate basketball as a leisure practice at the Federal University of Uberlândia-MG. The present research was developed through a quantitative study, which sought to understand and analyze data collected through specific instruments and methods. The sample was intentional, non-probabilistic, and consisted of twenty-two (32) basketball athletes from the Federal University of Uberlândia. It is worth mentioning that many university students in this research, when they feel motivated to perform their activities, end up joining several championships, such as the University Olympics, in which, in the case in question, 38.7% reported participating due to the increase in sports practice; 41.9% due to the valorization of the sport; and 19.35% due to the union and integration caused by the games. In the search for an adequate analysis about the participation of all the practitioners of this sport in the university, it can be noticed that there are still few studies about the subject, being limited, in a great majority, to cases in which basketball is directed to its forms of competition in national level or even in professional parameters, where little emphasis is given to its use as a way of measuring leisure and participation to avoid comorbidities, as well as discerning factors to the spontaneity of its participation in universities.