Overview

Our Sports Coaching course has been designed in consultation with the National Governing Bodies of a range of sports and local authorities, to ensure it reflects current industry standards and developments. A distinct part of the course is the opportunity to gain invaluable coaching experience with a number of key partners, including the National Governing Body of your chosen sport, local authority or schools.

Your teaching and practical exercises will take place at USW Sport Park, our £3.7m state-of-the-art coaching and performance development centre. You’ll also have access to our lab facilities at the Pontypridd Campus.

Programme Structure

Year One

Introduction to Sports Coaching
Introduction Sports Science for Coaching
Fundamentals of Coaching Children
Developing Athlete
Strength and Conditioning, Principles and Applications
Academic Research and Professional Skills

Year Two

Sports Coaching
Performance Analysis
Sports Placement
Sports Psychology & Skill Acquisition

Choose 1 option:

Monitoring Testing and Evaluation in Team Sports
Adapted Coaching
PE and School Sports

Year Three

Applied Sport Coaching
Advanced Sport Psychology & Skill Acquisition
Strength & Conditioning
Dissertation or Applied Professional Project

Choose 1 option:

Work Based Learning
Athlete Career Transitions

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Pontypridd, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Sports Management View 197 other Bachelors in Sports Management in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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80

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6

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Other requirements

General requirements

280 UCAS tariff points, eg, BBC at A-level

Additional criteria: A-levels to include at least a grade C in a science subject, or a grade B in PE and exclude General Studies.

Equivalent Level 3 qualifications to A-levels are accepted. You’ll be expected to evidence coaching practice at a variety of levels. In some cases, you’ll be expected to have a UKCC Level 1 coaching award.

Five GCSEs at grade C or above, including Mathematics and English Language.

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) disclosure (additional cost applies) is required.

Tuition Fees

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11900 GBP / year

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EU/EEA Nationals

9000 GBP / year

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