Percepción de los entrenadores del Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) sobre el desarrollo de los atletas brasileños (Perception of coaches of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) about the development of Brazilian athletes)

The objective of the study was to analyze the perception of professional basketball coaches about the process of training and development of Brazilian athletes. Nine coaches participated in the NBB, seasons 2018 and 2019. A semi-structured interview was used. After the literal transcription of interviews, or content was analyzed from meaning-units (MUs). The coaches highlighted the inefficiency of the schools in promoting or motor development of two students, and the precarious physical structure for the practice of basketball. The interviewees noted that in the absence of public spaces for practicing sports and in the absence of a national program that democratize the sports is a serious problems that need to be faced. They comment that college basketball does not contribute effectively to the development of Brazilian athletes towards professionalism Furthermore, sports institutions do not present a suitable structure to develop athletes. In the base category, there are few federated teams, and consequently a few competitions and official matches played. It is concluded, by the coaches’ perception, which in Brazil there is a precariousness in the actions of educational, governmental and sports institutions in developing male basketball players in the base category.