Marizabel Kowalski

Risco e aventura no esporte na percepção do instrutor

this study analyzes the risk perceptions of adventure sports instructors. the sample consisted of 121 (one hundred and twenty-one) instructors of different types of adventure sport practiced in Minas Gerais, with a mean age of 31 (thirty-one) years. It was considered the standard deviation with significance >< 0,05%. The exploratory method was used in this study. data collection took place from a questionnaire, validated in accordance with the delphi technique, containing 15 items based on the theoretical literature. the results express that the risk perceived by the instructors is the most genuine risk-filled adventure of the sense of play. When considering procedures and recommendations that aim to predict, calculate and minimize the risk unexpected, it was found that the perception of risk by the instructors is due to an attitude which prevails in the domain of technique and quality equipment at the time these bodily practices close to nature.

Práticas aventureiras e situações de risco no voo livre: uma análise a partir do conceito de redoma sensorial

This study analyzes the risk situations in the practice of free flight through the concept of sensorial dome. The sample consisted of 19 (nineteen) practitioners of the paragliding, with the age middle was 31 (thirty one) years old and the arithmetic absolute media considered by researches was > < 0.05%. From the method of descriptive exploratory study was concluded that that the field of technology and use appropriate equipment, though not essential guarantee the success of these actors. In the major of time, the risky situations experienced in the adventure sport, join at a first moment a true outline of extraordinary sensorial elements. However, the daily experiences observed in a given kind can take to the banalization of those elements by the apprentice, becoming ordinary sensorial elements. Such change can present implications in and for the practice of the adventure sport kinds in natural environment like, for instance, the apprentices physical and emotional integrity.

Fatores intervenientes à prática do mountain bike junto à natureza.

The aim of this study was to investigate the motivational factors related to adherence and permanence in mountain biking. The subjects were 29 amateur and professional practitioners with a mean age of 30 years. The data analysis considered the standard deviation, with a significance level <0.05%. Using the semi-structured interview technique to collect the data, with discourse analysis, it was possible to affirm that the motivational factors that influence adherence and permanence in mountain biking practitioners are intrinsic factors. These factors go beyond the search for risk, adventure and thrills, including the possibility of integrating health and nature.