FdSc Sports Performance at Plymouth Marjon University

On this course you'll explore how cutting-edge applied sciences are changing the game for high performance sports and learn lifelong skills for building resilience and improving wellbeing. We'll show you how to build your own personal brand through innovative digital and media strategies, in addition to looking at the creation of high-performance cultures. You’ll combine theory with applied practice to understand the landscape of sports performance.

Faculty: Sport, PE & Coaching  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

1st Year: Leading in Sport: Foundations of Influence and Change, The Sporting Mind, Building an Academic Identity, Building a Professional Identity, Inside the Sport Industry: Systems, Power and Policy, Laboratory and Field Techniques in Physiology. 2nd Year: Scouting and Selecting: Data-Informed Talent ID in Sport, Applied Multidisciplinary Approaches for Performance, Professional Practice and Industry Experience, Designing Inquiry: Research Methods in Sport, Coaching and PE, Building Your Professional Brand, Working With The Athlete – Psychology in Practice.

Career pathways

This degree is a springboard to help start the pursuit of a career working in a high-performance sport environment. This two-year programme will allow you to springboard into year three of several other sport-based programmes.

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