Course description
Become the sports coach of legend with our online level 3 course. Learn techniques to get the best from your team, discover leadership skills and essential anatomy. If you’re new to sports coaching, or trying to be a better coach, this is the course you’re looking for!
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Training Course Content
Unit 1: What is Sports Coaching?
- Definition of sports coaching
- Skills required to be a good sports coach
- Different roles of a sports coach
- Developing a coaching philosophy
- A team philosophy
Unit 2: Essential Anatomy and Physiology for Coaching
- The skeleton
- Joints
- Different types of joints
- Strains
- Sprains
- The muscular system
- The respiratory system
Unit 3: Coaching Methods and Models
- The SMARTER goal-setting model
- The seven C’s of coaching credibility
- The GROW model
- The application of the GROW model to sports
Unit 4: Coaching for Special Populations
- What is a special population?
- Primary-level coaching methods
- Secondary-level coaching methods
- Apply coaching techniques to special population groups
Unit 5: Understanding the Athlete
- Identity
- Developmentalism
- Disability and athletic identity
- Identity, self-perception and performance
- Evaluation
Unit 6: Ethics and Sports Coaching
- What is meant by ‘ethics’?
- The ten ethical areas in sports coaching
- Working within ethical frameworks
- Identifying specific coaching frameworks
Course delivery details
Split into 6 units, every element of this course seeks to expand your understanding of sports coaching so you can achieve the theoretical knowledge you need to apply these skills within real and practical settings.
This course is assessed using a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. These will need to be sent to your personal tutor for marking, whereupon they will supply you with helpful tips and feedback. No external examinations are required.
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