Risco e aventura no esporte na percep？？o do instrutor

this study analyzes the risk perceptions of adventure sports instructors. the sample consisted of 121 (one hundred and twenty-one) instructors of different types of adventure sport practiced in minas gerais, with a mean age of 31 (thirty-one) years. it was considered the standard deviation with significance >< 0,05%. the exploratory method was used in this study. data collection took place from a questionnaire, validated in accordance with the delphi technique, containing 15 items based on the theoretical literature. the results express that the risk perceived by the instructors is the most genuine risk-filled adventure of the sense of play. when considering procedures and recommendations that aim to predict, calculate and minimize the risk unexpected, it was found that the perception of risk by the instructors is due to an attitude which prevails in the domain of technique and quality equipment at the time these bodily practices close to nature.