Análise das capacidades motoras determinantes para a identificação de talentos na ginástica artística em um clube de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The Artistic Gymnastic is a sport practiced and taught in different contexts. It is made up of a huge variety of skills and technical elements, which requires different physical and psychological capacities from the practitioners, and need to be constantly developed. The physical capacities are the focus of Sports Science, which has been growing with the increase of studies that seek to verify the performance optimization. This study aims to verify the determinants physical abilities for entry in a startup team of Artistic Gymnastics of Minas Tênis Clube. As a central focus were analyzed the selection tests of 2012 and 2013 for beginners teams of male and female Artistic Gymnastics from the Club, the related exercises in the tests and the results of the accepted children. From the analysis of the tests, based on the scientific literature, it was concluded that the determining physical capacity for admission to the beginners of Minas Tênis Clube teams is Muscle Strength. The average female children in Abdominal test was 18.8, while the average male children was 18 abdominals. In Horizontal Impulse test average was 1,37m to females and 1,49m to males. The average for females in the 20m Running test was 4,40s and 4,06s for males. And the Push-ups test average of 5.20 for females and 7.75 for males. This study will assist in the identification of children from the Artistic Gymnastics course of the club with potential to join the team.