Sport Coaching

Course description

**OVERVIEW**
UWS’s BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching will help you develop the skills and expertise required to become a professional sports coach.

This degree has been developed in partnership with sports governing bodies, sporting organisations and coaching professionals to ensure that you develop knowledge and hands-on practical experience relevant to the modern sports, health and fitness industries.

**PRACTICAL FOCUS**
Excellent industry connections provide work-based learning opportunities and offer links to attain coaching qualifications.

There is a strong emphasis on placement learning and developing the practical coaching skills in this degree. We have excellent links with a number of clubs and organisations, including St Mirren Football Club, South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Trust and the Scottish Football Association, which provide work-based learning opportunities and offer you the opportunity to pick up professional coaching qualifications. We also encourage you to identify organisations that you are interested in working with.

**CAREER PROSPECTS**
This degree will prepare you for a career in Sport Coaching. Graduates of the programme have gone on to become active schools co-ordinators, professional coaches, performance analysts, sport psychologists, sport business owners, researchers and teachers.

You would be expected to be able assist/lead:

// Planning, managing and delivering sport coaching at local, regional, national and international events and competitions
// Sport coaching programme delivery for specific client groups such as at-risk youths or individuals with additional support needs
// Delivering specific areas of sport science e.g. strength and conditioning and performance analysis

**Jobs**
Typical roles include: PE Teachers (additional study required), Outdoor Education Instructors, Active Schools Co-ordinators, Sport Development Officers

**Further Studies**
Many of our graduates have successfully progressed to postgraduate study such as taught Masters (MSc) courses or research degrees (MRes, MPhil, PhD) in sport coaching. Some of our graduates have even progressed to undertake a one-year teaching qualification (PGDE/QTS) in PE.

Subjects

• Sports coaching