<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>0100-1574</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cadernos de Pesquisa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cad. Pesqui.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0100-1574</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fundação Carlos Chagas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0100-15741980000300003</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Os mini-campeões]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Negrão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
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<aff id="A03">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de São Paulo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>1980</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>1980</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>34</numero>
<fpage>29</fpage>
<lpage>34</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0100-15741980000300003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0100-15741980000300003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0100-15741980000300003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Este trabalho propõe-se a denunciar alguns abusos cometidos contra a criança em prol do esporte. Com base nas necessidades fisiológicas específicas para a participação eficiente em algumas modalidades esportivas, procura-se discutir quais as implicações anátomo-fisiológicas da prática esportiva competitiva precoce. Na maior parte das vezes, as modalidades esportivas exigem o desenvolvimento de certas capacidades físicas que não devem ser enfatizadas na infância. Além disso, existem os riscos de acidentes causados por diferenças maturacionais nos esportes que envolvem o contato corporal, já que as competições para crianças são baseadas em idade cronológica e não biológica. Esses argumentos de forma alguma invalidam a prática de atividade física para crianças: ao contrário, ela é importantíssima a partir dos primeiros anos de vida, desde que adequada.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[This paper intends to point out to some abuses committed against children in favour of sport. Based on the specific physiological needs related to the efficient participation in some kinds of sport, the article discusses what are the psychological-anatomical implications of premature sport competition practice. Most of the time the different kinds of sport require the development of some physical abilities that should not be emphazised during childhood. There are also the risks of accident caused by differences in physical maturation in sports that involve body contact, since children's competitions are organized according to their chronological - and not biological - age. These arguments do not invalidate the practice of physical activity by children; on the contrary, this early practice.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Atividades esportivas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Crianças]]></kwd>
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