Abstract:
School Athletics serves as an aid and basis for other modalities. The topic chosen has as a fundamental principle to help the development of important practices in the development and training of the student, considering aspects and needs of the individual. In this way, it is essential the teacher's commitment to understanding individual needs and studying ways to apply all knowledge so that the student can feel included and able to perform activities according to their limitations. For this reason, this research was structured through the following problem: What is the importance of working with School Athletics in Physical Education classes in Elementary School? The general objective, in turn, was based on analyzing the importance of working with School Athletics in this discipline in Elementary School. In view of this, it should be noted that this research is of a qualitative bibliographic nature. Since for its execution, articles, monographs, among others documents, which contemplated this theme, were read. After its completion, it was found that the teaching-learning process of Athletics must be linked to the playful aspects, which playing allows the development of basic motor skills, enabling learning and the experience of different allowed situations, favoring the integral development of the child.
