Sport Coaching BSc (Hons) at University of Northampton

This degree develops your expertise in sport coaching, helping you understand participants and their sport. You'll learn how to plan, deliver and review training programmes, graduating ready to coach across a range of settings.

Faculty: Faculty of Health, Sport and Behavioural Sciences  |  Department: Sport Sciences  |  Duration: Full Time: 3 years; Full Time Foundation: 4 years; Part Time: 4-6 years  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Northampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The coaching process, pedagogy, developing your own coaching philosophy, coaching styles, effective coaching approaches, long term athlete development and comprehensive planning/needs analysis are at the core of our Sport Coaching degree. As well as performance analysis, coaching theory and work placement modules. Modules include Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Social Context of Sport and Exercise, Sport Coaching Science, Introduction to Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition, Sport Coaching Practice, Professional Skills for the Coaching Industry, Sport Research Methods, Performance Analysis and Coaching, The Developing Athlete, Developing Professional Practice, Sport Pedagogy in Context, Fitness Training Methods.

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