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BSc (Hons)

Sports Coaching & Performance

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

CP10

Delivery

Campus Taught

Foundation entry

Discover the coaching tools and techniques you’ll need to bring out the best in people. This course focuses on improving performance at all levels, from amateur to elite.

We’ve shaped a degree to give you the skills, experiences and networks that can thrust you to the forefront of coaching practice. It’s a programme rooted in applied practice – ensuring that you have plenty of opportunities to turn academic theory into action, with vocational experiences in the real world of professional and amateur sport.

With a range of option modules, you can tailor your degree to your passions, strengths and career goals. By focusing on all areas of athlete development, you can create a path into performance analysis, talent development and elite environments. You’ll gain professional body qualifications throughout, so you’ll be ready for a professional career when you graduate.

Whatever direction you take, you’ll cover various topics that aid player development and underpin performance coaching. Then, in your final year, you’ll undertake an independent project – your chance to develop your specialist area of knowledge that will set you apart.

Why study with us

Our Sports Science courses are ranked 13th out of 78 institutions in the UK in the Guardian League Table 2021.
94% of Sports Coaching & Performance students are satisfied with the teaching on their course. (National Student Survey 2022).
This course is endorsed by the Charted Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, for the role of Coach Practitioner.

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A day in the life of a Sport Coaching and Leadership student

What you'll do

You’ll have the chance to study a range of optional modules, in areas like the performance environment, talent pathways and performance analysis.
As well as voluntary and paid placements, we offer the chance for you to spend time on exchange trips around the world for up to a year.
A number of graduates continue to study with us through our MSc Sports Coaching master’s degree, continuing to enhance their knowledge whilst in their full-time job.

Module overview

Course delivery

This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.

100%Face-to-face

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.

Join us on campus

Book a place at our Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 17 June. Here you'll be able to explore our campus and facilities, meet academic staff and chat to students.

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Accreditations

This course is aligned with the Entry and General Management professional standards outlined by CIMSPA, the professional development body for the UK's sport and physical activity sector. As a member, you will be entitled to attend seminars and meetings and learn from industry professionals. The Health and Fitness pathway on the course allows students the option to meet professional standards in Gym Instruction, Personal Training, Health Navigator and Working with People with Long Term Conditions.

Future careers

Our BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Performance degree course can put you on the road to professional practice – with the skills, experience and know-how to pursue a future in performance coaching.

This is a degree programme built around the key concepts and components of the profession – it’s made to get you into work. At every turn, we’ll encourage you to apply the theory in real-life situations and settings

You’ll also have the chance to gain practical experiences abroad – a warm weather training camp at the world-renowned Club La Santa sport resort, summer coaching with key partners in the USA, or study abroad years around the world.

The result is a great boost to our graduates’ employability – so it’s no surprise to see so many of them working in the industry today. Some of our previous students now run their own businesses, some have gained coaching roles in professional sport, whilst others are working as performance analysts within elite level football. Others are working as Community Sport Coaching Officers, PE Teachers and Sports Development Managers.

With the range of valuable, transferrable skills you’ll develop on the course, you’ll be equipped to work in a wide range of contexts from the day you graduate.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£9250 per year

Sandwich year£1000 for the sandwich year

Part-time£1540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14250 per year

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

Sandwich year£1,385 for the sandwich year

Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

Sandwich year£2,000 for the sandwich year

Scholarships and bursaries

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

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This course has a vocational focus, so you’ll do a lot of your learning beyond the classroom. There are no lectures on our course. Instead you’ll attend engaging, small group workshops which are supported by tutorials with teaching staff. We continually emphasise the importance of applying the theory in practice, so you’ll also spend time getting hands-on with practical coaching sessions, inside and outside of the University.

You'll be coaching in a range of placements and have the opportunity to visit other performance environments. Recent trips have included visiting the British Cycling performance centre and the FA headquarters at St. George's Park.

Throughout your studies, you’ll have support and guidance from our dedicated, world-renowned staff – a team that not only boasts long experience in professional coaching, but also offers expertise in sports research.

As you progress, we’ll monitor your performance with a range of assessments that our students tell us they love. Presentations, assessed coaching session plans and creating videos. Our focus is on learning, not testing. As a result, you'll never do an exam. We prefer to support your development as an independent, resourceful, problem-solving coach with transferable skills that can apply across many contexts.

We boast superb links across professional sports clubs, alongside lecturing staff who are highly qualified in sports such as football, basketball, rugby and cricket.

We’re forged an enviable network of connections across the sporting world, from individual coaches and athletes, to professional clubs, local authorities, international sports agencies and national governing bodies. Not only that, but we have extensive links with employers and educators across the USA and China. As such, you’ll not only study modules shaped to the needs of industry, but you can go out on placement to experience the real world of coaching and performance.

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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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Sports Coaching & Performance

Why study with us

A day in the life of a Sport Coaching and Leadership student

What you'll do

Module overview

Course delivery

Join us on campus

View the course facilities

Accreditations

Future careers

Fees and funding

Course Specific Optional Costs

Course Specific Optional Costs

Scholarships and bursaries

Learning and assessment

Accreditations

Industry links