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- Title
CARACTERIZAÇÃO DA ORGANIZAÇÃO DE UMA PROVA DE ORIENTAÇÃO.
- Authors
João, P. V.; Nogueira, C.; Vaz, L.; Serôdio, A.
- Abstract
Introduction: Orienteering is one of the sports that show a greatest development through the years in our country. Today, the number of participants in the different kind of competitions is very high. The organization makes the organization (Pires, 2003). This study evaluating the organization of an international competition include in the world ranking "Portugal O'Meeting". Methods: The simple for this study was made of 118 participants. To do this work a questionnaire adapted from Cunha (2003) and previously test and approved in national and international Orientation competitions was used. Descriptive analyze of the percentages, in order to characterize the frequency of the studied indicators in the answers. Results/Discussion: The success of an Orienteering competition is highly related with the quality of courses, the quality of the maps and information made available by organization. The good natural conditions that this region has that the make it an ideal place to practice this sport.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; ORIENTEERING
- Publication
Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto, 2009, Vol 9, p215
- ISSN
1645-0523
- Publication type
Abstract