Percepción acerca de las funciones y el nivel de conocimiento general en entrenadores de basquetbol en México

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the perception about the functions and the level of knowledge in general, in basketball coaches in Mexico. Method: 513 coaches 70 women (13.8%) and 438 men (86.2%) of basketball at the national level responded to a survey on perception of functions and general knowledge. Results 50.5% use general concepts of sports training, 37.2% of the coaches surveyed mention that they do not know many exercises and consider that they would like to learn and work with more of them. 67.6% coaches and the technical team consider that it is very important to know the role of anaerobic and aerobic physical condition in the performance of the players. 48.8% of the coaches frequently apply an offensive game system in their games, attacking the opposing team. 65.2% of the coaches consider that they have learning opportunities since they are key to being able to perform in a more optimal way. 78.8% consider that they have insufficient knowledge in the area of ​​basketball administration and can be improved. 32.5% of the coaches surveyed have frequently used the research methodology and 29% between never and rarely.

Conclusions. Most of coaches consider that they would like to improve their knowledge, which is why it is an area of ​​training opportunity in the area of ​​sports training with its variants. Therefore, constant training for basketball coaches in the country is important.