Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)
Module SPRT2161: COACHING IN SPORT
Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT)
SPRT2161: COACHING IN SPORT
| Type | Tied | Level | 2 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2006/07 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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Prerequisites
- None.
Corequisites
- For Sport in the Community students, Sport and Performance 2, Sport and Exercise Physiology II, Sport and Education, Research Methods, Combined Honours students : refer to degree regulations.
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To allow students to develop:
- a personal philosophy of coaching.
- a sound knowledge and understanding of the cyclical process of planning, implementing and evaluating coaching programmes.
Content
- The module is designed to explore both theoretical issues and practical considerations in coaching.
- There is a focus on the coaching of young performers, although other performer groups are addressed.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Students should be able to: discuss how to plan safe and effective programmes of work to enhance performance in a variety of sports.
- explain how components of fitness can be developed within a progressive programme.
- discuss the work of key, relevant agencies.
Subject-specific Skills:
- explain techniques and tools employed in the analysis of performance and how information obtained may be used to inform planning and coaching.
- analyse a range of coaching styles and examine coach effectiveness.
Key Skills:
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 19 | weekly | 1 hours | 19 | |
| Tutorials | 2 | 1 in term 1, 1 in term 3 | 1 hour | 2 | |
| Practicals | 3 | 1 in term 1, 2 in term 2 | 2 hours | 6 | |
| Other (to undertake a coaching award) | Variable | At students discretion | 20 hours | 20 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 153 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 60% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| one examination | 100% | ||
| Component: Assignment | Component Weighting: 40% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| 2500 word assignment | 100% | ||
Formative Assessment:
1 formative assignment (optional) - 1,000 words.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University