MSc Sports Coaching at Hartpury University

This programme will support you to take your coaching to the next level by becoming a theoretically informed and evidence-based reflexive practitioner. You’ll benefit from a range of academically stimulating and industry-relevant modules, blending theory, practical and placement experiences to develop your coaching practice. The programme is delivered by lecturers who are also coaching practitioners in a variety of performance settings, coach educators for national governing bodies and coach within our Hartpury clubs.

Duration: 1 year full-time; part-time options available  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time available)  |  Location: Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The course has been designed to engage you in the process of applying theoretical principles to your practice, enabling you to develop as an academically informed reflective practitioner. Industry-informed and relevant modules will support you to develop a deeper understanding of coaching, coach education and high-performing coaching environments, focusing on the practical nature of the discipline. Compulsory modules include Deconstructing Coaching Practice, Reconstructing Coaching Practice, Postgraduate Industry Placement Experience, Reflective Practice, The Scientific Coach, High Performing Environments, Sports Coaching Extended Project.

Career pathways

Graduate destinations include Professional sports coach; PhD study; School sport coach; University or college lecturer; Community or developmental coach.

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