The control of intensity of trainings of teams which played the first division of Santa Catarina championship 2013, according to the physical trainers/ O CONTROLE DA INTENSIDADE DOS TREINAMENTOS SEGUNDO OS PREPARADORES FISICOS DAS EQUIPES QUE DISPUTARAM A DIVISAO PRINCIPAL DO CAMPEONATO CATARINENSE DE FUTEBOL 2013

This research aims to investigate how has been done the intensity control of the teams that competed in the Main Division of the Football Championship of Santa Catarina in 2013. The research consisted in the application of a systematic and semi structured interview having twelve questions, applied to six Professional / (of ten) trainers who participated preseason clubs in Santa Catarina, emphasizing ways to control of intensity in training. The data were processed and categorized by content analysis. After the assessment of the interviews, we conclude that the current football schedule appears as an enemy in the physical preparation of athletes, because the time for physical training has been reduced, thus inducing the intense workout. We realized that the emphasis on controlling the intensity is directly focused on the specificity of motor gestures of football according to biological individuality and physiologic of each athlete, for keeping always in a better fitness level. In Santa Catarina, hegemonically, football professionals perform control of the training according to the structure and financial condition of the club. The most common methods used among professionals of this state are controlling the heart rate, Borg scale, GPS, body composition and feeling, talk to the athlete after training targeting to report how is the feeling physically. It is noticed that the Football in Santa Catarina needs important tools that enable a more qualified organization in training for developing of higher performance of athletes.