Sport Coaching (Hons) Leeds Beckett University

Overview

This  Sport Coaching (Hons) programme from Leeds Beckett University  is shaped by an established model of coaching. It is recognised globally by international and national governing bodies of sport as an evidence-based framework for educating coaches.

As part of this Sport Coaching (Hons) programme from Leeds Beckett University, you’ll:

• Gain an in depth understanding of your sport and of coaching to support the design of engaging practices

• Enhance your key coaching skills by understanding your participants and helping them to achieve their potential within their sport and life

• Learn how to plan, deliver and review both short and long-term training programmes

• Analyse sporting performance and develop your coaching techniques using a range of resources and information technology

• Apply your learning from the  course within organised placements

• Learn the crucial skill of self-reflection to improve your coaching skills and employability 

Career opportunities:

Your tutors’ excellent industry contacts and Carnegie School of Sport’s experience in producing high-quality graduates means your course will provide a solid foundation for your career in sport and education.

• Professional clubs as coaches, performance analysts, strength and conditioning coaches

• Working for coaching companies in the education sector

• Setting up their own coaching company

• Working in local authority as sport development officers

• Completing postgraduate awards and becoming lecturers or PE teachers

Using the transferable skills developed on the course, graduates have also progressed to work in sectors outside sport such as youth work, the police and armed forces, project management, marketing and sales, and primary school teaching.