FdSc Sports Coaching and Fitness Level 5
The FdSc Sports Coaching and Fitness is designed to introduce and underpin the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSB’s) needed to successfully work in the sports and fitness industry. While studying for an FdSc Sports Coaching and Fitness award, students will come to appreciate that coaching and fitness is best understood by adopting an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to developing individuals biopsychosocially in sport coaching and fitness. The programme is dynamic, examining a range of theories, issues and subjects relating to the practice within the sports coaching and fitness industries.
The overarching plan during year one is the development of student’s knowledge, skills and behaviours in the design and implementation of progressive programmes to develop individuals or groups. This is achieved through exploring the underpinning theories of coaching, anatomy and physiology, motor behaviour, fitness and nutrition. Studying with experienced and passionate lecturers, students will begin to bridge theory and practice and applying this to their developing professional practice.
In year two, students build on their knowledge base with a focus on their ability to implement and evaluate the impact of approaches designed to improve individuals or groups. Students will explore how their professional practice is shaped and apply practical skills and knowledges learnt within the foundation degree through workplace learning. The college has links with a variety of employers in the local area and beyond which students could utilise when finding work placement
There is a focus on providing skills in realistic working environments through professional practice opportunities, and the College has a range of specialist facilities that support both your academic and practical development. These include 3G football facilities, a modern fitness suite, a physiology lab and a sports massage suite. Students can also access analysis equipment such as the I Sport Analysis Coaching Behaviour software for coach observation and the Inplaysports analysis software which allows students to analyse individual and team performance.
On completion of the foundation degree, you can progress onto the top-up BSc (Hons) Coaching (Sports Performance and Development).
Course Details
- We will consider a variety of qualifications and relevant experience and each application is assessed on its own merit.
Each module is worth a specified number of credits: you take a combination of compulsory (and if available optional modules) enabling you to cover key subject knowledge while developing your own interests. For full time students a total of 120 credits will be studied in each academic year. In the majority of cases this will consist of 6 modules. For part time students it will depend on the intensity of your studies.
Year 1 Modules
Developing Academic and Professional Skills (20 Credits)
Foundations of Coaching (20 Credits)
Functional Anatomy and Physiology (20 Credits)
Developing Coaching Practice (20 Credits)
Nutrition and Ergogenics (20 Credits)
Training and Fitness Principles (20 Credits)
Year 2 Modules
Professional Practice in Sport and Fitness (20 Credits)
Research Methods (20 Credits)
Applied Coaching and Leadership (20 Credits)
Exercise Physiology (20 Credits)
Analysis in Sport and Coaching (20 Credits)
Sport and Exercise Psychology (20 Credits)
"There's so many different sports you can play at the College such as football, basketball, netball, canoeing and rock climbing. The teachers treat you with respect and maturity and teach you the perfect mix of practical and theory."Cameron Webb