The purpose of the present study was to analyse the organisational structure of the
programmes offered by the Brazilian Sports Federations and the Brazilian Academy of
Coaches (ABT) in order to prepare coaches to work in the performance sport context. Data
were collected from three information sources (online pages from the Federations/ABT, e-
mail and by phone). While some Federations structure their programmes in progressive
levels related to different contexts of performance (beginner, development, performance) …