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HL22017: Sports coaching

[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWES 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Essay (CWES 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: �Identify key issues and topics in sports coaching. �Analyse how relevant theories and concepts inform coaching practice. �Evaluate the role of the coach and the features of effective coaching.


Synopsis: "Advance your understanding of key concepts in coaching. You will examine factors that relate to sports coaching from a pedagogical, psychological, biological, and sociological perspective."

Content: Theories of learning and teaching; The role of the coach; Coach athlete relationship; Motivation; Skill acquisition.

Course availability:

HL22017 is Optional on the following courses:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFF30 : FdSc(Hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Year 2)

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