MSc Advanced Performance Football Coaching
Designed with external partners, including the Football Association of Wales Trust and Swansea City Football Club, the Masters in Advanced Performance Football Coaching provides the optimal combination of professional and evidenced-based academic training for coaches, heads of coaching, performance analysts, fitness coaches and all those associated with performance player pathways.
Delivered by experts in the field, including Premier League and International level coaches and support staff, the course offers access to rarely-shared knowledge, and will enhance your employability and professional development.
The first masters course of its kind in Wales, it complements our extensive undergraduate football courses, and is delivered through a combination of face-to-face teaching (during residential visits) and guided online learning to offer flexibility of study for international students and industry professionals.
There are three exit points, which means you can study for the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or the full MSc.
What you will study
You will develop an in-depth advanced analysis of pertinent issues relating to football coaching and performance and develop a critical appreciation of the role of the modern-day football coach and how their practice impacts upon the football environment.
What’s more, you will develop a reasoned appreciation and critical understanding of wider tactical, technical, physical, psychological and social issues related to football practice to not only enhance knowledge but also to further professionally develop.
Full Time Year One: MSc Advanced Football Coaching and Performance
- Pedagogy in Football Curriculum
- Design and Training Methodologies
- Analysis of Performance and Tactical Insights
- The Football Coach as Psychologist
- Effective Coaching
- Contemporary Approaches to Player Development
- Professional Work-Based Development *
- Applied Professional Project
Careers
This football coaching masters provides advanced coaching skills and knowledge which prepares students to excel in the following roles:
- Academy coaches
- Senior coaches
- Head of coaching
- Head of player development
- Coach educators
- Academy managers
- Analysts and recruiters
- Technical directors
Students may also progress to a sport PhD or research degree.
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