Memories of extracurricular sports practice in private schools in paranÁ (1980-1990)

Abstract

This work focuses on understanding aspects that weakened extracurricular sports practice in private schools in the state of Paraná during the 1980s and 1990s. It employed Oral History as a methodology. Six interviews were conducted with athletes, coaches and/or school sports managers in the state at the time. It was found that: sports were used as institutional marketing tools; schools stopped investing in sports for different reasons; schools had been overshadowed when students/ athletes began to participate in municipal and state teams; the national financial scenario forced investments to be restructured; sports had become a way to raise financial investments; behavioral change was seen in young people; criticism of sports education in Physical Education influenced that weakening process (during the 1990s).