Football Coaching and the Performance Specialist (4 years including foundation year)

• Students will work towards Football Association of Wales Level 2 (UEFA C) and Level 3 (UEFA B) coaching Licenses.
• The dynamic lecture environment will support and challenge students to engage with all aspects of the coaching process including hands on practical coaching, physiology, psychology, performance analysis and coaching pedagogy.
• Lecturers are research active, which means that the curriculum is engaging, current and relevant.
• The staff team includes specialists who have extensive applied knowledge and practical experience of working across the performance range from grassroots to world class international level.
• Additionally students have the opportunity to gain applied experience working with in a variety of football settings. Extensive links with partners provide students with the opportunity to develop vocation skills.
• Excellent student support from approachable staff. Students engage on a journey which takes them from personal development in the early part of their degree to professional development as they progress through the course.

The degree programme will enable students to develop practical coaching skills and an understanding the coaching process at a youth and senior level. Additionally students will development an understanding of the extended elements of the coaching process which includes how individual players and teams are prepared physiologically and psychologically to participate in football. Throughout the degree process students will develop the reflective skills to personalise their own learn to prepare them for future careers.

During the course you will cover performance analysis, sports psychology, physiology, skill development, reflective practice, coaching pedagogy, coaching procedures and practices. In addition to the development of personal, professional and academic skills which are essential to work in the football industry.

Modules are taught on a weekly basis and allows the students to link academic theory to football practice. As the student progresses through the degree they develop the personal, professional and academic skills required to personalise their learning to match future career ambitions.

Students entering the degree programme BSc (Hons) Football Coaching and the Performance Specialist at the foundation level will develop an understanding of the coaching process, practical coaching skills and sports science disciplines. Students will develop practitioner and academic skills which will enable them to transfer their newly gained knowledge of coaching and coaching science into the sport of football. Students will also engage with Football Association of Wales Level 1 (leaders) coaching award. Students who achieve 120 Level 3 credits will progress onto the BSc (Hons) Football Coaching and the Performance Specialist degree.

• Parents and the Performer
• Football: Starting to Coach
• Personal Professional and Academic Skills
• Introduction to Sport, Exercise Science and Human Performance
• Introduction to Sports Coaching
• The Performance Environment

In the first year students will be introduced to all elements of the coaching process. Student will gain an understanding of a range of disciplines including practical coaching skills, sport psychology, physiology, performance analysis, coaching processes and personal and academic skills. Students will also engage with Football Association of Wales Level 2 (UEFA C) coaching Licenses.

• Developing Coaching Practice
• Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
• Psychology: Developing the individual
• Tactical Applications of Performance Analysis in Football
• Technique Analysis in Football
• Developing Personal, Professional and Academic Skills

Students in year two are encouraged to personalise their learning in context of future career ambitions. Students will develop a strong understanding of the link between football theory and the transference of this knowledge into practice. This enables students to develop vocationally relevant skills.

Students will also work towards Football Association of Wales Level 3 (UEFA B) coaching Licenses.

• Coaching Pedagogy: Developing Personal Practice
• Applied Exercise Physiology
• Psychology: Enhancing Performance
• Applied Performance Analysis
• Developing Practitioner Skills in the Football Environment
• Enhancing Personal Professional and Academic Development

In the final year students will continue to develop their knowledge of the coaching process and develop a specialism within the sport of football. The development of a subject specialism within the context of football enables students to develop personal and professional skills which are essential for employment within the world of football.

Students will continue to work towards Football Association of Wales Level 3 (UEFA B) coaching Licenses.

• Independent Study
• Technology to Enhance Performance
• Planning for Performance
• Expertise Development

Plus 20 credits from the following optional modules:

• Managing and Developing the Team's Potential
• Managing and Developing the Individual's Potential

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.