{"id":220,"date":"2026-05-19T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:43:39","slug":"quando-a-certificacao-deixa-de-reconhecer-competencia-no-desporto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/quando-a-certificacao-deixa-de-reconhecer-competencia-no-desporto\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN CERTIFICATION FAILS TO RECOGNIZE\nCOMPETENCE IN SPORT:\nA Critical Reflection on Competency Recognition in Martial Arts and Combat Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WHEN CERTIFICATION FAILS TO RECOGNIZE\nCOMPETENCE IN SPORT<\/h2>\n\n<hr>\n\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n\n<p>This paper develops a critical reflection on the current system of competency recognition in sports coaching in Portugal, with special focus on martial arts and combat sports.<\/p>\n\n<p>Based on the analysis of professional certification mechanisms, namely the Recognition of Professional and Academic Competencies (RCPA), structural limitations are identified associated with excessive bureaucratization of recognition processes, dependence on specific reference frameworks, and the growing influence of external entities in the operationalization of professional access.<\/p>\n\n<p>The text problematizes the dissociation between formal certification and effective competence, arguing that the quality of sports coaching intervention cannot be reduced exclusively to compliance with administrative requirements, and must integrate practical experience, academic training, pedagogical capacity and a consolidated professional track record.<\/p>\n\n<p>Inconsistencies identified during the transitional period of implementation of the certification system are also discussed, as well as the potential risks of inequality, professional exclusion and indirect concentration of regulatory power resulting from dependence on federative structures for the operationalization of recognition mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n<p>The paper proposes the need to rethink the current model, promoting more transparent, coherent and adjusted criteria to the reality of sports practice, while reinforcing the role of sport as an instrument of human development.<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<h3>Keywords:<\/h3>\n<p>Martial Arts \u00b7 Combat Sports \u00b7 Competency Recognition \u00b7 Coach Certification \u00b7 RCPA \u00b7 Sport Policy \u00b7 Human Development \u00b7 Coach Education \u00b7 Sport Professionalisation<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<h3>Reference:<\/h3>\n<p>Loio, F. (2026). When Certification Fails to Recognize Competence in Sport: A critical reflection on competency recognition in martial arts and combat sports. <em>Open Science Framework.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17605\/OSF.IO\/V3DE9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17605\/OSF.IO\/V3DE9<\/a><\/p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Loio_2026_Reconhecimento_Certificacao_Competencia_Desporto.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-color:#006400; color:#fff; padding:10px 20px; text-decoration:none; border-radius:5px;\">\n\ud83d\udcc4 Portuguese Version\n<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Loio_2026_When_Certification_Fails_Sport_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-color:#00008B; color:#fff; padding:10px 20px; text-decoration:none; border-radius:5px;\">\n\ud83d\udcc4 English Version\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17605\/OSF.IO\/V3DE9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-color:#0073aa; color:#fff; padding:10px 20px; text-decoration:none; border-radius:5px;\">\nView full article on OSF:\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quando a Certifica\u00e7\u00e3o Deixa de Reconhecer Compet\u00eancia no Desporto Resumo O presente documento desenvolve uma reflex\u00e3o cr\u00edtica sobre o atual sistema de reconhecimento de compet\u00eancias no treino desportivo em Portugal, com especial incid\u00eancia nas artes marciais e desportos de combate. Partindo da an\u00e1lise dos mecanismos de certifica\u00e7\u00e3o profissional, nomeadamente das vias de Reconhecimento de Compet\u00eancias [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion-reflection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fernandoloio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}