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MSc

Elite Coaching Practice

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2022

Delivery

Campus Taught

If you’re interested in developing and improving team performance, our Elite Coaching Practice course is for you. It’s the result of an exciting collaboration between us and Pentagon Sport, to produce the first endorsed level 4 UK Coaching Certificate.

You’ll develop your critical understanding of the theories and practice of sports coaching and acquire a range of intellectual, professional, managerial and transferable skills that are essential for the modern sports coach.

You’ll either be focusing on the development of the very best performers, and maximising their potential in competition, or looking at how athletes develop, from children to elite adults.

Emphasis throughout the programme is on developing your critical reflective and analytical skills from both a theoretical and applied perspective.

Why study with us

You have a choice of two pathways, either elite performance or talent development, and both will challenge you to experiment and innovate as you critique current practice.

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What you'll do

Each autumn major employers such as PGL, Acorn, Camp America and CCUSA recruit for summer jobs.
Through CCUSA you’ll also have the chance to sign up for skill specific placements, with incremental responsibilities, and be able to apply for internships once you graduate.

Module Overview

Course Delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

80%Face-to-face

20%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Future careers

This Elite Coaching Practice course thoroughly prepares you for a range of careers, from leading international expeditions, coaching and performance enhancement to sports management, public services and a wide range of roles within the outdoor leadership industry.

Graduates have gone on to work in New Zealand, the Himalayas, USA and India, while others continue their studies at postgraduate level.

Fees and Funding

2021/22

Part-time£785 per 20 credits

2022/23

Part-time£867 per 20 credits

Scholarships and Bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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We offer well-defined postgraduate progression routes with our master’s degree in Sports Coaching with a specialisation in Adventure Sports.

On this course you’ll develop specific coaching skills, such as climbing or kayaking, while studying coaching within a community of peers from others sports. This is designed to emphasise coaching as a discipline and give you networking opportunities beyond the outdoor sector.

And there are two doctoral routes - one is a traditional PhD and the other a professional doctorate or DProf within the Institute of Coaching and Performance. The latter is an innovative approach to Level 8 study with an emphasis on practice-based expertise.

Modules you’ll study include:

Coaching practice; which will help you identify your coaching behaviours, critically self-reflect on your coaching practice and philosophy, and develop more effective coaching practice. You’ll study sports psychology to explore ways of developing successful coach-athlete relationships.

Planning for development allows you to explore the issues of planning and preparation to meet the individualised needs of participants in a talent development programme. This will range from session development through to global training systems. A focus will be on how people learn and the associated pedagogical approaches as well as the integration of lifestyle factors into performance development plans.

Planning for competition examines the range of factors that a coach needs to consider and embraces a thorough understanding of the theory and practice of periodisation. It takes this further to the examination of competition preparation to ensure that all performers maximise their potential in games and competition.

Coaching analysis is where you apply theory to practice via a sustained period of analysis of your coaching delivery. You’ll be encouraged to demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to coaching leading to effective coaching programmes. You’ll show that you can adjust programmes in response to this analysis, and develop successful working relationships with other related professions.

Work based learning uses theoretical and practical knowledge developed within your programme. Through reflective learning you’ll ensure you are coaching using a sound theoretical basis and a robust practical application.

The sporting environment module looks at contemporary issues in coaching and sport, for instance the impact of government policy and legislation, sport and the media, sport and the law, equity in sport, talent identification and development, and the use of ergogenic aids in sport. You’ll study issues relevant to all sports within the group but will also experience interventions with specific relevance to your sport. You’ll analyse the structures and policies of your sport and identify potential constraints / opportunities for your practice.

Issues in performer development focuses on the systems and environments that maximise performer development. You’ll consider the relationships between the coach, performer and other influential stakeholders in the development process. You’ll also look at the key factors that occur during a performer’s development, from a physiological, psycho-social and skill development perspective.

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This course is based in the School of Sport and Health Sciences located in the Faculty of Allied Health and Wellbeing

For information on possible changes to course information, see our Essential and Important Course Information

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