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Sports Coaching Diploma

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The Sports Coaching Diploma is a must for anyone interested in setting up a sports coaching business or working in sports in a mentoring/coaching role. It covers a wide range of sports and models for coaching, with essential information on coaching philosophy and skills.

Whether you are looking to coach athletes or children, this sports coaching training course will take you through the coaching process in detail. From assessing your clients’ abilities to analysing their nutritional requirements, you will gain both practical and theoretical knowledge that can be applied in a real-life context.

You will learn how to motivate and empower your clients, set them individual goals, as well as train them to reach their full physical peak and overcome injury. This course includes case studies and anecdotal accounts of practice that are designed for those with no previous experience. Fast track your career today and get qualified to start your own sports coaching business.

Accredited by CPD

Instant e-certificate and hard copy dispatch by next working day

Fully online, interactive course with audio voiceover

Developed by qualified professionals

Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone-friendly

24/7 Learning Assistance

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

Discuss the key differences between coaching and mentoring

Understand the skills, role and responsibilities of a Sports Coach

Develop a coaching philosophy and use a range of coaching models

Demonstrate knowledge of the psychological factors that affect sporting performance

Identify clients’ needs, weakness and strengths to set them achievable goals

Motivate and empower athletes to reach their full potential

Use a range of techniques for teaching technical and tactical skills

Train clients for muscular fitness to ensure peak performance

Build a positive coach-athlete relationship

Teach athletes about injury prevention, nutrition and rehabilitation

Assessment

At the end of the course, there will be an online assessment, which you will need to pass to complete the course. Answers are marked instantly and automatically, allowing you to know straight away whether you have passed. If you haven’t, there’s no limit on the number of times you can take the final exam. All this is included in the one-time fee you paid for the course itself.

Note: This course is priced for individual self-directed learning. Enterprise, organisation and government training programmes are delivered under separate accredited contracts and include additional compliance, reporting and quality assurance services. Prices for enterprise/government customers follow our formal rate card.
Module 1: (Module 1. Introduction to Sports Coaching)
Module 2: (Module 2. Psychological, Motivational, and Behavioural Training for Sports)
Module 3: (Module 3. Techniques for Sports Coaching)
Module 4: (Module 4. Physical Fitness and Training)
Module 5: (Module 5. Management Skills for a Sports Coach)
Module 6: (Module 6. Coaching for Popular Sports)
Module 7: (Module 7. Nutrition Concerns for Athletes)
Module 8: (Module 8. Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation)
Module 9: (Module 9. Children and Parent in Sports)
Module 10: (Module 10. Women Coaches)
Module 11: (Module 11. Coaching and Ethical Practice)
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