Abstract

BARROS, João Carlos Teixeira de Souza  and  ROSE JUNIOR, Dante de. The relationship between sporting goals and psychological confucts and their influence on the performance of a swimmer. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.2, pp.217-232. ISSN 1516-3687.

Setting goals is the main reference for the full development of competitors swimming. This case study aimed at understanding the influence of sporting goals in the emotional conflicts of an swimmer, even showing physical skills and techniques in training sessions, could not get improvements in sports scores, going forward, on a recurring basis by a period of two years, apathetic behavior in the competitive environment. For the investigation of experiences, it was used the psychological interview with the narratives submitted to the phenomenological method to the interpretation of data. The change in behavior and performance of sports athlete demonstrated that phenomenology can be used as a methodological foundation in psychological interventions in the sports field, both for a new athletic significance of the results in reset new goals focus on sports, preservation of health mental competitive athletes, as well as in qualitative research of these activities.

Keywords : Sports goals; Phsychological conflicts; Phenomelogycal research; Swimming; Sport competition.

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