Desenvolvimento profissional de treinadores de tênis: Situações e contextos de aprendizagem Tennis coaches’ professional development: Situations and contexts of learning

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the situations and contexts of learning most valued by tennis coaches, as well as to identify the presence of different profiles according to the assessed constructs. A total of 104 coaches affiliated to the Parana Tennis Federation participated in the study. The coaches answered forms containing the sociodemographic variables and the Coaches Learning Situations and Contexts Scales. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The establishment of subgroups resulted from the Clusters analysis, using Friedman’s tests and Dunn’s post-hoc for the general and intragroup comparisons. The significance level was 95% (pd».05). The results indicated a high importance attributed to all learning opportunities, with a lower appreciation to the Internal situations (p