RESUMO
In order to help talented athletes to combine sport and education, different forms of Dual Career Support (DCS) have been developed in many countries. The effectiveness of these support systems have been debated. Most studies have investigated young athletes in the beginning of their careers, less is known about athletes who reached the highest levels. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the extent to which former Swedish world-class athletes have attended dual career sport programs at upper secondary school. A retrospective design was used with 274 former world-class athletes who answered a questionnaire. In order to investigate whether there was a relationship between attending a dual career sport school and athletic characteristics, as well as post career educational and employment outcomes, a series of Chi-square tests were conducted. The main results show that more than half of the athletes did not take part in any DCS. These results indicate that DCS in Sweden is not a decisive factor for success in sports as intended. Half of all participants, regardless of whether they studied at DCS, have studied at university, and all participants had a job at the time of data collection. The majority also consider that their financial situation has improved after their sports career.
RESUMO
O controle da sobrecarga é fundamental para otimização do desempenho e prevenção da fadiga. Assim, o objetivo do estudo foi correlacionar a variação da resistência anaeróbia e estados de humor, em atletas de handebol. A amostra foi constituída por 14 atletas do sexo masculino, com idades entre 18 e 35 anos, pertencentes a uma equipe que disputou a primeira divisão da Liga Nacional Portuguesa. Os níveis de condição física foram medidos através do teste Yo-yo Intermitente de Recuperação. Já os estados de humor foram mensurados pelo questionário de POMS. O experimento foi realizado em três momentos da temporada: momento 1 (M1 - início da temporada competitiva), momento 2 (M2 - após um mesociclo preparatório) e momento 3 (M3 - durante o período competitivo). A resistência anaeróbia dos atletas não apresentou diferenças significativas entre os momentos. No M1, a escala tensão do POMS apresentou valores estatisticamente superiores que M2 e M3. Não houve correlação entre a variabilidade da condição física e os estados de humor, levando-nos a crer que o uso de parâmetros psicológicos no controle do treino deve ser usado com certa cautela, pois parecem estar mais relacionados com fatores externos do que à condição física do atleta.
Control of overhead is critical for optimizing performance and preventing fatigue. This study aimed to measure the correlation between the physical condition and the mood states of handball athletes. The sample consisted of 14 male athletes, aged between 18 and 35, belonging to a team that played in the first division of the Portuguese League. The variation in fitness was measured by the test Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery. The mood states were measured by the POMS questionnaire. The experiment was performed three times as follows: time 1 (M1 - rest period), time 2 (M2 - after a preparatory mesocycle) and time 3 (M3 - competitive period). On average the team physical capacity did not show significant differences between the periods. For M1, the POMS tension scale showed statistically higher values than M2 and M3. There was no correlation between the variability of the physical condition and mood states (POMS), leading us to believe that the use of psychological parameters to control training conditions should be used with caution, since they seem to be more related to external factors (outside -sport) than with the physical condition of the athlete.
