Extensão universitária, esportes e TIC`S: um relato de experiências com um projeto de Judô na UFT – Tocantinópolis

Abstract

The present work aimed to analyze the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the mediation of sports practices in times of the pandemic of COVID 19, based on experiences developed in a sports project, with a university extension, entitled “Jitakyoei : Judo, well-being and mutual benefits ”, based at UFT - Tocantinópolis. To this end, we conducted an intervention research, which reports the experiences from the planning and execution of the project, carried out remotely, in the period from May to November 2020, mediated by the use of ICT`s. In addition, in a second moment, reports from 8 project participants about experiences in sports practice in times of social isolation were used, through online interviews, which were considered four analytical axes, which are: the experiences with social distancing / isolation; the importance of judo for physical and mental health in times of a pandemic; the positive points of the adopted methodologies; and the negative points (or subject to improvement). From the qualitative analysis of the records, we identified that the strategy used for the maintenance of the extension project in the first year of the pandemic, despite the weaknesses identified in the process of using ICT`s, fulfilled the planned objectives, given that it managed to offer the service to the university community. In addition, we note the importance of the practice of Judo for the quality of life of the participants, reaching aspects that go far beyond the practice of the sport itself, encompassing socio-affective and emotional dimensions.