Lista de checagem para avaliação da saída de blocos de jovens atletas do atletismo

Abstract

The objective of the present study was the construction, validation and application of a checklist for evaluation of the starting blocks. Participated of the study 29 athletes, 14 females, 15 males, mean age 14.10 ± 0.96 years, mean training time 29.59 ± 22.32 months, body mass 55.34 ± 9.28 kg and stature 148.75 ± 38.62 m from 3 teams from the state of Minas Gerais: Clã Delfos, Cria Lavras and UFJF. Thirteen specialists (teachers, trainers) with experience in athletics with training, graduation and research also participated. After contact with the training centres, filming the athletes performing starting blocks happened in 1 day, later via email was sent to the experts the initial checklist, then the final, as well as the content validity questionnaire and other stages of the research. For the statistical treatment, the software Excel was used, with which the tables for general characteristics of the sample and for the definition of the final checklist and the SPSS 20 were performed, with which the intraclass correlation indexes were performed, as suggested by the literature as the indicated test for this type of study. The results obtained indicate that the checklist is an instrument that has clarity and adequate description, 60% is very easy to understand and 40% is easy to understand, with respect to the technical relevance of the 40% very adequate content and 60% adequate and relative to be used as a research tool 40% very viable, 40% viable and 20% not very viable. In the reliability and reliability stage, 0.81 in the first week, 0.74 in the second week and 0.89 in the first and second week, confirming the reproducibility of the content according to the levels of significance adopted, as suggested by the literature. The intra-rater correlations were also satisfactory, with only one of the evaluators presenting an index below the one indicated in the literature 0.57; 0.92, 0.89; 0.92; 0.76. We conclude that the checklist is a good tool for evaluating the start blocks of young athletes, the phases “On your marks” and “Start” (starting shot) the presents little difficulty, the greater difficulty is the “Set” phase, presenting as main errors the trunk not be bent and your hands not be advanced in relation to the shoulders.