FdSc Sports Coaching and Exercise Foundation degree at Hartlepool College of Further Education

This innovative module is work based and offers the learners the opportunity to develop their skills in conjunction with their work based experience. Learners will use a reflective cycle to justify and explain issues encountered in the working environment. Through Personal Development Programmes, individuals will not only enhance learning but will improve their employability. The content of this module includes: Teaching methods, planning, monitoring and evaluation, action plans, coaching perfor

Assessment: Portfolio (3000 word, 70%) and a reflective report on an observation (1500 words, 30%)

The aim of this module is to provide learners with an understanding of the history of sport, the relationship between sport, government and politics. The role of the media and national frameworks will also be explored. The content also includes: The fitness industry, benefits of exercise, gender, disability, disadvantaged groups, race, young children, globalisation, future perspectives, professionalism, commercialisation and Nationalism.

Assessment: Report (1500 words, 70%) and a 15 minute individual presentation (30%)

This module aims to provide learners with an understanding of the role of biomechanics and physiology in the coaching of sport and exercise. It will cover the fundamentals of sport science and the application of these principles to performance analysis and fitness testing. The initial focus will be on the theoretical knowledge underpinning both disciplines; physiology will cover the body systems and biomechanics will look at linear and angular kinetics and kinematics. This knowledge will then be

Assessment: Group practical laboratory session which will provide data for an individual laboratory report (1500 word, 70%) and a 15 minute presentation (30%)

Throughout this module, learners will develop an understanding of a coach/practitioners role in a sport and exercise environment. Learners will get the opportunity to complete a number of relevant sport and exercise qualifications which they will need to work in the industry. This module will provide learners with the underpinning knowledge of what is expected in the coaching/exercise environment. It will explore roles, responsibilities and skills of a coach. Learners will develop their knowledg

Assessment: 15 minute group presentation (30%) and a personal reflection (1000 words, 70%)

This module is aimed at the learner working in the sports and exercise industry in either an employed or voluntary capacity. It gives the learners knowledge of the key psychological and motor behaviour factors that influence performance and participation in the sports industry. The module develops a sound theoretical base by examining motor behaviour and psychological factors such as stress, anxiety personality, social learning, motivation, arousal, concentration, group dynamics, psychological i

Assessment: Report (2000 words, 50%) and a multiple choice exam (50%)

This module aims to develop the coaches' ability to evaluate sportsm performance using different forms of anaylsis. Data is obtained through a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods and statistically analysed to inform the coaching process. The module content includes: performance analysis, coaching implications, performance profiling, fitness components, gym tests, principles and methods of training, fitness requirements and training programmes.

Assessment: Individual report based on a group practical investigation (1500 word, 60%) and a literature review (1500 word, 40%)

This Module will provide learners with the opportunity to coach in an alternative environment and adapt their coaching to suit. Learners will enhance their coaching knowledge and skills equipping them to meet the ever changing needs of the sports industry. Through reflection learners' will be encouraged to refine their approach to deal with unorthodox circumstances which may arise in this environment. The module content includes: delivery of continuous sessions, adapting sessions, problem solvin

Assessment: Journal (2000 words, 60%) and an Essay (1000 words, 40%)

This module will help learners develop an understanding of the government's role in sport. It will provide learners with the tools to be able to write relevant policies and understand the funding process. This will enable the learner to be able to develop their own sports club. The module content includes: government roles in sport, partnership work, NGB's, quality systems, effectiveness, aims and objectives of programmes, funding opportunities, child protection and first aid legislation and fes

Assessment: Presentation (50%) and a critical review (1500 words, 50%)

This module will assess the role of the diet in physical performance, specific individuals and health promotion. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills relevant to nutritional assessment and selectively employ this information in the development of nutritional education aimed at optimising an individuals or group of individuals' diet within a working environment. The module content includes: digestive system, fundamentals of nutrition, RDA's, food labelling, energy balance, weight manage

Assessment: Logbook (2000 words, 50%) and an Essay (1500 words, 50%)

This module will provide learner with the opportunity to further enhance their learning. It will develop the learners' personal needs by attending courses which are suited to them. Learners will be encouraged to explore both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Through investigation and research the learners' will determine a topic to be explored for their research proposal. The content of this module includes effective literature reviews, data collection, data analysis, experiments, l

Assessment: Essay (1,500 words, 30%) and a work-based research project (3,000 words, 70%)