Sports Coaching QLS Level 3

All course materials will be delivered to you by post or email, so it couldn't be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by email. You can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple.

Course Content

Unit 1 What Is Sports Coaching?

• Definition of sports coaching
• Skills required to be a good sports coach
• Different roles of a sports coach
• Developing a coaching philosophy
• A team philosophy

Unit 2 Essential Anatomy and Physiology for Coaching

• The skeleton
• Joints
• Different types of joints
• Strains
• Sprains
• The muscular system
• The respiratory system

Unit 3 Coaching Methods and Models

• The SMARTER goal-setting model
• The seven C’s of coaching credibility
• The GROW model
• The application of the GROW model to sports

Unit 4 Coaching for Special Populations

• What is a special population?
• Primary-level coaching methods
• Secondary-level coaching methods
• Apply coaching techniques to special population groups

Unit 5 Understanding the Athlete

• Identity
• Developmentalism
• Disability and athletic identity
• Identity, self-perception and performance
• Evaluation

Unit 6 Ethics and Sports Coaching

• What is meant by 'ethics'?
• The ten ethical areas in sports coaching
• Working within ethical frameworks
• Identifying specific coaching frameworks