The role of the Brazilian School Games in development of Brazilian athletes

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the role of the Brazilian School Games (BSG) in the process of discovery and development of sports talent in the national sports scene. The sample was constituted by the school athletes medalists female and male, in six sports, aged 12 to 14 years between 2005 and 2010. Selection criteria were created to evaluate the technical level of the sample. Confronting the sample with the proposed criteria, we reached the identification of 46.3% talented during the study period. The research identified that 2005- 2010 there was a significant increase of 53.7% in the identification rate of the talented. Regarding gender identification, the percentage of identification for females was found to be larger than in the male sample. Due to the growing talent identification it can be concluded that the BSG has fulfilled an important role in the process of discovery and development of sports talent in the Brazil.