Physical Education and Sports Coaching

Coaching Diverse Groups

Sport is part of life, enjoyed and participated by a vast array of diverse communities. As such, this module provides you with the experiences, theoretical insight and coaching experience to accumulate skills that enable you to effectively coach practical sessions to a diverse range of populations throughout the community. During the module you will be introduced to the fundamental coaching skills within both class and practically applied based settings, having the opportunity to observe and support experienced coaching practitioners. You will then be challenged to reflect on your ability to apply the theory in your coaching practice in order to become more informed and effective coaches.

Module code: SPOR40963

Exploring Academic Skills And Industrial Practice

This module will provide you with the tools to read, decipher and write with strong academic rigour. You will also explore your strengths and weaknesses and relate these to industry practice, before formulating your own SWOT analysis and targeted action plan to improve your employability.

Module code: SPOR40977

Foundations Of Sports Coaching

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to independent coaching skills for those who wish to prepare themselves for further learning or training relating to coaching sport/physical education. It affords the opportunity for students to develop their knowledge and skills of coaching sport to individuals and groups, as well as plan and deliver the fundamental aspects of a coaching session, such as a warm-up and key features of games-based and skill-based coaching sessions.

Module code: SPOR40978

Sport Science For Coaches And Teachers

A unique insight in to the world of sport and exercise science, students will study physiology, psychology, biomechanics and strength and conditioning as they look to understand the role multi-disciplinary sport science teams play. In the ever evolving world of sport, it is more important than ever for coaches and teachers to have optimal understanding of the metrics sport scientist can provide and how these epitomise and optimise performance levels.

Module code: SPOR40979

Fundamentals Of Exercise Physiology

To understand how to support an athlete or group of athletes as an exercise physiologist, you need to understand about how the various systems of the body, such as the cardiovascular, respiratory, neuromuscular, and metabolic systems, function and respond to a bout of exercise and a period of training. We can assess the athlete in the lab and in the field using things like V¿O2max tests, lactate performance tests, maximal intensity exercise tests, body composition analysis and flexibility measures. As part of this module, you will, therefore, also gain and develop your practical and technical skills in carrying out and evaluating such tests, as well as how to collect, analyse and interpret the data so that feedback can be given to the athlete/ athletes.

Module code: SPOR40958

Coaching Pedagogy

Having a strong foundation for how coaching and teaching sessions are theoretically informed and designed in physical activity and sports performance settings is now an expectation for graduates entering the professional workforce of sports coaching and teaching. Therefore, an understanding of pedagogical principles can better inform coaches and teachers on how to plan, structure, organise, communicate, and differentiate in practical activities for the benefit of their learners. This module advances understanding on some of the underpinning pedagogical theory coaches and teachers can draw on and introduces several strategies that can be implemented to make practical activities ever more purposeful and effective.

Module code: SPOR50937

Conducting Rigorous Research

The module builds upon the material taught at level 4 on the conducting research module. Students will be introduced to randomisation, controls, allocation concealment, blinding and sample size requirements in order to minimise bias. Students will be required to plan, conduct, analyse and report the findings of a project related to injury rehabilitation and manual therapy. Where possible the principles of conducting rigorous research will be taught in a practical applied way so that students also gain an appreciation for the impact of implement specific components of research design.

Module code: SPOR50929

Sports Nutrition

This module introduces you to the concepts of nutrition as they apply to general health and wellbeing as well as performance for the competing athlete. You will learn the role of macronutrients, micronutrients and fluid balance in the diet and their subsequent effect on athletic performance whilst exploring recent developments in nutritional research. In groups, you will design and implement an experiment that assesses the efficacy, using appropriate statistical analyses, of popular nutritional and/or ergogenic aids whilst addressing the confounding factors that diet may have on the effectiveness of these supplements.

Module code: SPOR50941

Biomechanical Analysis Of Human Movement For Sport, Exercise And Health

This module will build on your basic understanding of functional anatomy and biomechanics, with a focus on developing your understanding on biomechanical data acquisition and data analysis procedures that will critically inform on research, coaching instruction, and exercise prescription. You will gain practical experience on the combined measurement of motion, and/or force, pressure, muscle activity, which is applicable to walking and running gait assessments, quantifying the demands of exercise, and quantifying movement during sporting activities or clinical assessments. Based on the interpretation of data from laboratory and field-based measurements, you will be taught the basics of developing and writing biomechanical reports. You will gain practical experience on comparing outcome measures from several measurement systems on a certain topic to develop your critical interpretation skills and understanding of data that will guide exercise prescription. You will also gain knowledge and practical experience of experimental research when conducting laboratory and field-based assessments.

Module code: SPOR50940

Teaching And Coaching Nc Activities

This practical module will look to develop and enhance students' skills in a range of national curriculum sports that are not traditionally taught/coached outside of teacher education. This will provide students with key fundamental knowledge that ensures they ‘stand out’ as they apply for roles within industry or apply for various teacher training routes.

Module code: SPOR50938

Sport Placement

The opportunity to work and gain valuable experience within industry is a key fundamental of this module. Reflecting upon your individual skill set will enable you to tailor your placement experience to your own development. This is an excellent opportunity to build knowledge, network, develop contacts and above all else gain experience in-line with your own career aspirations!

Module code: SPOR50939

Fundamental Introduction To Exercise Prescription

The module will provide you with essential knowledge and experience in the delivery of exercise prescription through the development of an instructional resource. Your resource will be in a multi-platform format with video, audio and written elements ensuring the viable use of the resource across diverse populations, e.g., special populations. You will develop an understanding of the principles of exercise prescription through a series of lectures and practical workshops and develop your knowledge, understanding and proficient delivery in exercise prescription for a range of performance setting. You will also be introduced to the principles of performance assessment in strength and conditioning settings for essential components of performance, e.g., speed, agility, strength, and power. The module will develop your knowledge and understanding of the muscular-skeletal, cardio-vascular and neuro-muscular systems in relation to the principles of training for performance.

Module code: SPOR40959

Individual Differences And Psychometrics In Sport And Exercise

This module will develop students’ conceptual and historical appreciation of individual differences and psychometrics in the context of psychology, sport and exercise. Students will learn about core themes in individual differences as applied to sport and exercise, such as the Big Five personality traits, the dark triad, motivation, core beliefs and schema, intelligence, and how these constructs link to cognitive, emotional, and behavioural outcomes in athletes.Students will gain an appreciation of the measurement of individual differences, and the processes by which psychometrics are developed and validity for use in research and applied sport and exercise settings.

Module code: SPOR40970

Industry Project

Do you want to gain hands-on industry skills and experience and help solve problems or gaps in knowledge? The Industry Challenge project aims to provide an authentic experience of small-scale project and event management to address genuine problems faced by the sector. You will work alongside local industry partners to develop and deliver a project identified by them as a need within the community or organisation.

Module code: SPOR50936

Project Based Learning

Module code: SPOR60956

Applied Coaching And Teaching Practice

Module code: SPOR60952

Contemporary Issues In Sports Coaching And Development

Module code: SPOR60954

Business Enterprise And Entrepreneurship In Sport

Module code: SPOR60953

Inspiring Learning And Pe Pedagogy

Module code: SPOR60955