Year two

• Business and Entrepreneurship in Football 

Business and Entrepreneurship in Football

Business and Entrepreneurship in Football The aim of this module is enhance students’ awareness of how to capitalise on business opportunities in the football industry. The module aims to deliver full coverage of the setting up of a business enterprise from initial stages through to the presentation of a viable business plan. The module will explore the different phases of set up both from a theoretical and a practical point of view, allowing students to develop their entrepreneurial skills.

• Coaching through the Game 

Coaching through the Game

This module aims to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of a game, and how the use of games in football coaching has the potential to maximise participants’ learning, performance and participation. Students will practice how to purposefully modify a game, and begin to understand the pedagogical approaches associated to coaching through a game centred approach.

• Professional Practice 2 

Professional Practice 2

This module aims to develop students personally and professionally within a football setting that encourages them to develop their critical awareness of current practices and ways of working within their placement. Students will develop an understanding of the professional standards expected of them when they are in a work-based environment and have the opportunity to develop skills and techniques necessary when applying for a job.

• Research in the Football Environment 

Research in the Football Environment

This module aims to develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding required to enable students to undertake an independent research with a specific focus on football and / or the footballer. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of well-established theories and concepts relating to research in the field of football (and associated academic disciplines), including a variety of methodological processes, tools, and paradigms. Students will be able to apply this knowledge and understanding through the production of a research proposal which will utilise appropriate research methodologies with the potential to generate new information on a chosen research topic.

• Science of Football 

Science of Football

This module aims to introduce students to how scientific approaches within sport and specifically football can be applied to support coaching of elite and talented players at a variety of ages. Students will be introduced to theory and application of sport science support in elite environments, introducing a range of topics such as training theory, physiology, psychology, biomechanics and performance analysis. This module will build upon previous modules at Level 4 (Developing the Talented Young Footballer) where assessment of players individual needs will be transformed into practical application.

• Teaching and Learning: Primary Physical Education and Early Years 2 

Teaching and Learning: Primary Physical Education and Early Years 2

The module will aim to develop the student’s knowledge and understanding, gained in the Level 4 Primary PE module, of teaching and coaching Primary aged school children. The module aims to identify and highlight the necessary skills, competencies and qualities required to teach and deliver high quality physical education in a primary school setting teaching a range of sports and activities such as athletics, dance and fundamental movement skills. In particular, by the end of this module, students should be able to critically examine their own practice and how they can contribute to the wider delivery of Primary Physical Education beyond that of football.