Fontes de conhecimentos dos treinadores: estudo de caso das seleções brasileiras masculinas de handebol

The aim of the current study is to identify the knowledge sources mostly valued by coaches and assistant coaches of Brazilian male handball teams belonging to the youth (U19), junior (U21) and adult categories. Case study carried out with three coaches and three assistant coaches of Brazilian male handball teams; data were collected through the Coach Training Profile Questionnaire and subjected to descriptive (median) and inferential statistics (U Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests), at significance level p≤ 0.05.Coaches and assistant coaches of the national handball teams have attributed greater value to knowledge sources such as “professional experience” and “academic training”. In addition, “professional experience” was the knowledge source mostly valued by technical commission members of the U19 and adult categories, whereas members of the technical committee of the U21 category have mostly valued “academic training” as knowledge source. However, no significant differences were observed in results between coaches and assistant coaches, as well as among the technical commissions of the U19, U21 and adult categories. The professional performance of coaches and assistant coaches of Brazilian male handball teams belonging to the U19, U21 and adult categories and the construction of the training process associated with the match model proposed for the teams are structured based on knowledge sources such as “ professional experience ”and“ academic training ”.