Group sports practices as a facilitating instrument for psychosocial transformation in the Cuba Libre Popular Council

Abstract

Group sports practices favor socialization processes through collective games that can be, due to their characteristics, from sports to traditional games. In this group space, through the dissimilar games, teamwork and group cohesion can be developed, among other aspects of a psychosocial nature. Therefore, this proposal was conceived in the planning and execution of group sports practices as a means of psychosocial transformation. The general objective of this work is to propitiate favorable behavioral changes through the development of group sports practices that influence in the improvement of life quality of children and adolescents between 7 and 13 years old of the Popular Council Cuba Libre of Pinar del Rio municipality. The methods used are interview, observation, survey, workshops, group dynamics. Five strategies were developed, each one with its actions, objectives, techniques, procedures and means. These are being built as they are executed and adapted to the community. The results that have been thrown are: authenticity and spontaneity of the childhood, some tried to call the attention, wanting to have individual protagonism, social motivations oriented to the interpersonal relations between coetaneous are expressed, contents of rejection to manifestations of violence, harmful habits are noticed; increase of pleasant experiences associated to the positive interpersonal relations. The adults manifested behaviors that affected the development of the activity. The evaluation of the strategies will be systematic, continuous by means of evaluation indicators, they will be measured in the meeting of the managing group and before the municipal Direction of Sport.