Family education in the sports initiation of chess from a scientific and innovative perspective

The article aims to expose ways of family education aimed at preparing families of Chess practitioners in the initiation phase. It is derived from an ongoing investigation, the results of which contribute to a line of work of the Study Group of School Sports Initiation, of the Faculty of Physical Culture, of the University of Sancti Spiritus "Jose Marti", focused on the search for knowledge theoretical and practical contributions that help to support, from a more scientific and innovative perspective, the role of the family in sports initiation in the spiritual context. The routes are presented in different modalities: workshops, activities, consultancies, recommendations, among others. The research methodology used is based on the dialectical approach, which allows the combination of theoretical methods (analysis-synthesis, historical-logical, induction-deduction), empirical (observation, interview, document analysis, self-assessment scale, analysis group, methodological triangulation) and mathematical-statistical (percentage calculation and descriptive statistics). The situation caused by COVID-19, prevents the experimentation phase of this proposal in the planned stage, but at the moment it is applied in the Sports Complex "Eumelia Abreu Carvajal" of the municipality of Fomento. Preliminary results reveal a very positive assessment of families on the pathways of family education, taking into account the three dimensions that are taken into consideration to assess the level of preparation: acquired knowledge, increased motivation and improved attitudes towards this practice sport in the initiation stage.