Sports Coaching
FdSc

Study Skills (Core)

This module aims to develop your core and key transferable skills that are essential to both employment and academic study. You develop an understanding of scientific literature, appropriate sources to use for scientific writing as well as how to critique information. You will have an opportunity to practice writing skills necessary for both academic success and employment.

Physiology and Human Movement (Core)

This module aims to develop sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the understanding and interpretation of anatomical, physiological and mechanical concepts around sporting movement and skill.

Understanding the Coaching Process (Core)

This module aims to develop your understanding of some key theories and concepts that underpin the work of coaches. In addition, the module will provide a broad foundation in the language and discourse associated with the coaching process. Coaching research will be introduced to you so you will become familiar with the associated methods and theoretical frameworks that are the foundation of coaching practice. A key aspect of this module will be internal practical delivery where you will be set key performance tasks designed to enhance their coaching practice whilst engaging in effective self-reflection.

Introduction to Sport Psychology and Skill Acquisition (Core)

The module presents the main concepts and theories across the disciplines of sport psychology and skill acquisition through lectures, workshops and seminar sessions.

The module aims to introduce key theoretical and applied concepts in sport psychology and skill acquisition. In addition the module will provide a foundation in the language, methods, interventions and issues in sport psychology and skill acquisition. Through the presentation of theory and research the module aims to develop students’ understanding of this area of study.

• Credits: 20

Holistic Approaches to Coaching (Core)

This module aims to develop your understanding of holistic approaches to learning that assist coaches when developing athletes. You will be introduced to the concept of pedagogy and develop knowledge about how models of practice can provide a framework for their practical coaching. In addition, you will gain understanding about how various groups of learners perceive coaching practice and strategies that will allow you to work effectively with such groups. You will also consider socio-cultural issues associated with the profession of sports coaching.

Professional Development (Core)

This module aims to equip you with the underpinning knowledge and skills necessary for lifelong learning, employment and development in the professional sports coaching sector. You will also develop an individual plan of selecting and attending a CPD activity as part of a funded bursary award.

Applied Skill Acquisition (Core)

This module aims to develop your understanding of how skills are acquired in sport and other motor domains. The module will cover different methods and manipulations that are available to coaches and practitioners to facilitate the learning process along with associated theory and research. You will have an opportunity to link theory with practical coaching strategies.

Applied Sport Psychology (Core)

This module aims to develop your understanding of psychological strategies available to coaches to enhance mental preparation for performance. The module also aims to develop your understanding of the theoretical and conceptual background of these psychological strategies and how they can be applied in practice. 

Applied Physiology and Human Movement (Core)

This module aims to develop sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the understanding and interpretation of anatomical, physiological and mechanical concepts around sporting movement and skill and the adaptations to training and exercise.

Applied Coaching Practice (Core)

This year-long module aims to develop your critical understanding of how the application of science, theory, and research can enhance the effectiveness of applied coaching practice. Paying particular emphasis towards key underpinning coaching concepts and processes, you should complete this module equipped with the skills required to plan, deliver and evaluate a training programme dedicated to enhance development and performance.

Reflective Work-Based Practice (Optional)

Module description coming soon.

Business and Enterprise (Optional)

This module aims to equip you with the underpinning knowledge and skills necessary for the development of business and enterprise within the sports coaching sector.

Performance Analysis (Optional)

The module aims to introduce the fundamental concepts of objective analysis of sports performance. The module will provide a foundation and awareness of the variety of uses and types of notational analyses. In addition, you will develop an understanding of sport-specific coaching preparation processes based on the analysis of a variety of sports.

Developing Professional Practice (Optional)

This module is designed to support students who are already currently working for at least ten hours per week in a health and fitness capacity. It will provide you with an opportunity to develop professional practice and link this development to relevant theory. The module will help you review your current practice and enable you, through critical evaluation, to identify key areas of practice for development which will empower you to make changes both to your personal and professional approach and to the organisations in which they work.

Experience and Employment in Sport (Optional)

This module aims to provide you with an opportunity to experience the workplace and to develop skills and knowledge in relation to working within the sport sector.

The module will help prepare you for the workplace by raising awareness of workplace issues, and encouraging you to reflect on your own personal and professional development. It will also help you to define and then develop the specific work-related skills that you need in order to become more employable in a sporting field. You will be encouraged to share experience in order to encourage learning and to help you articulate your strengths.