"It was competitive, it was very competitive!": memory of school sports of performance in particular schools of Curitiba (1980-1990)

Abstract

The present study investigated the practice of school-based sport in private schools in Curitiba-PR, between 1980 and 1990, by means of interviews with technicians, athletes and sports managers who experienced the phenomenon during this period were interviewed. The research is qualitative in nature and the research method used was true Oral History. From the analysis it was noticed that a good part of the schools of Curitiba of the time maintained sports teams of income; the context of the Curitiba school sport was a kind of metaphor of professional sport; there was a hegemony of collective sports; the feminine sport sedimented in the memory of the interviewees was gymnastics; the teams were highly valued within the colleges; school teams participated in national and international championships; despite the character of income, there was already a difference of the sport practiced in clubs; some educational institutions were partnering with sports clubs.