BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Development
The Sports Coaching and Development degree will prepare you to work in a multitude of coaching, teaching and development roles.
You will gain experience of working in the sports industry, either with a sports development organisation, a social enterprise, community club or primary / secondary school and have the chance to gain industry-recognised coaching qualifications.
Through placements, you’ll gain an understanding of the changing nature of sports development from grass roots community projects that engage people to take up sport to working with elite athletes at the top of their game.
There are two study options: on campus, based at our USW Sport Park, or a blended learning route for students who are currently working in a sport setting.
What you will study
Year One: Sports Coaching and Development degree
You will gain knowledge of how sport is organised, delivered and managed in the community, and you will have the opportunity to lead sports activities and events.
Understanding fundamental principles of how young children learn sports skills and the different stages of the sports development continuum will help to inform your industry work-based learning experience which you will undertake in years two and three.
- Academic Research and Professional Skills - 20 credits
- Introduction to Sports Coaching - 20 credits
- Introduction to Sports Science for Coaching - 20 credits
- Introduction to Sports Development - 20 credits
- Managing Sport - 20 credits
- Sports Development in Practice - 20 credits
Year Two: Sports Coaching and Development degree
You will study barriers to sport and complete a school and/or community sport placement which will enable you to put your ideas and knowledge into practice.
You'll also have the option to organise and run a sports development event or further your understanding of a more elite coaching subject.
- Research Methods - 20 credits
- Sport Placement - 20 credits
- Community Sports Development - 20 credits
- Physical Education and School Sport - 20 credits
- Sports Coaching and Leadership - 20 credits
- Performance Analysis - 20 credits (optional)
- Enterprise in Sport - 20 credits (optional)
Year Three: Sports Coaching and Development degree
You will develop your confidence and communication through debating key issues in sports development and developing and leading coaching sessions on a range of topics.
You will undertake a management or research project examining a sports coaching, teaching or development related issue. You can also take a work placement with one of our partner organisations or get involved in our student-led social enterprise Active Valleys.
- Applied Professional Project - 40 credits
- Dissertation - 40 credits
- Contemporary Issues in Sports Development - 20 credits
- Leadership in Sport - 20 credits
- Critical Issues in Sports Coaching and Leadership - 20 credits
- Mentoring in Sport - 20 credits (optional)
- Work Based Learning - 20 credits (optional)
- Applied Sports Coaching - 20 credits (optional)
- Creatively Teaching Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing - 20 credits (optional)
Careers
Graduates with a BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Development degree can go on to work as a sport coach, coach education coordinator, school sport coordinator, 5x60 officer, National Governing Body community officer, leisure centre development officer, community coach and self-employed business manager.
This coaching course is ideal if you want to go on to study a PGCE and become a PE teacher.
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