Sports Coaching

Entry requirements

Students will normally have a 2:1 classification in a sport related degree.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our Sports Coaching PG Cert creates a community of dedicated postgraduate students who are passionate about being better coaches.

The mix of full-time and part-time students means that you will be welcomed into an established and thriving group of like-minded developing coaches and practitioners drawn from a wide range of sports. We spend a great deal of time discussing our coaching, digesting the latest research in the field and critically reflecting on our own practice. We offer a supportive, yet challenging, coaching environment and our students regularly tell us that this course has revolutionised their approach to coaching.

Every member of staff teaching on this course publishes several research articles a year focusing on pertinent issues in coach learning and development. They are also active coaches with decades of cumulative experience at local, national, and international levels. Whether your focus is on grassroots sport, talent development, or performance – we can enhance your skills as a postgraduate student.

Key features

• Part-time study option allows you to continue working in your current environment whilst studying at a postgraduate level
• A modular structure allows you to study at your own pace visiting one module at a time
• Provides access to further courses: Postgraduate Diploma or Master's Degree
• Choice of assessment topic, so you can tailor your assignments to your personal and professional interests
• An extensive Professional Placement element which enables you to develop your practice in an applied environment

Teaching

The ‘heart’ of the PG Cert in Sport Coaching concerns the coach primarily as an educator. Therefore, the course focus explores the latest research and practice concerning how to help our athletes learn and develop. On the course you will explore different perspectives on how athletes learn and critique the underpinning evidence relating to these competing perspectives. We also explore how coaches learn and analyse the ways in which National Governing Bodies, education institutions and non-governmental organisations (e.g. UK Sport and UK Coaching) currently structure learning opportunities for coaches.

Every element of the course will be related to your coaching practice, so the content of the programme evolves with every cohort.

Careers

A PG Cert in Sports Coaching will provide students with opportunities in many areas of sport and/or coaching, and other areas of employment as well.

This postgraduate award is useful for a wide range of occupations, such as:

• Professional sports coach
• Sports coach
• Coach development officer
• Sport development officer
• Sports coaching lecturer
• Recreation officer
• Self-employed coaching consultant
• Researcher

Information for international students

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.5 (with no less than 5.5 in each component). Other English Language qualifications will be considered.