BA (Hons) Sports Business and Coaching (UCFB) Bachelor's degree at University Campus of Football Business Limited

This module will enable you to develop awareness and understanding of the key fundamentals sports coaching, integrating theory with practice and sharing knowledge and understanding through discussion and debate. The practical element of coaching will allow you to gain experience in and an understanding of the cognitive process of coaching. You will learn what a coach needs in order to function effectively and safely in a variety of situations, developing reflective skills and identifying which t

The contemporary sport industry has embraced a number of dynamic innovations used in other sectors, helping to transform both its management and administration, steering it in a more professional manner in some aspects of sport, yet not others. Growing revenue has taken on increasing importance yet some sports still have issues with the media monopoly of others. Resistance to change, amateur practices and poor treatment of some players remain within the industry. You will explore these and other

In order for you to achieve your university and future workplace goals, you need to be aware of a number of personal qualities and behaviours that can impact your ability to succeed. It is also important that you understand the industry and societal context in which you plan to work. This module aims to introduce you to personal and professional factors relevant to employment in the sport industry, and to enhance your awareness of the industrial landscape. Additionally, it will support you in de

This module will develop your core understanding of sport in community projects and education settings. You will explore the role of community-based youth sport initiatives. Coaching theory will be applied to age and ability-related practical sessions, and you will learn how to support and engage community groups via sport. You will develop a clear understanding of your own strengths and weaknesses, through reflection, specifically in relation to working with diverse demographic groups.

You will develop an understanding of sports fans, their motivations, experiences and interactions with sports clubs. It will ask you to consider how sport fan behaviour is regulated by different psycho-social factors such as involvement, identification, motivation, loyalty, as well as forms of social exclusion. You will examine how the unique relationship between fans and sports clubs has developed over time and explore some of the key issues underpinning this dynamic. This module will allow you

The module aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of the purpose and delivery of sport and physical activity across the UK's national and local landscape and the challenges faced by those agencies tasked with delivering sport at all levels.

Entrepreneurship is more a state of mind than an actual discipline. It involves the full gamut of business knowledge and skills, commonly taught on business related courses. You will develop a business idea within a group. To realise this idea, you will produce a pitch deck which will be presented to an investment panel. Based on feedback and comments from the panel you will then produce a business plan. There is also an increasing need for innovative and entrepreneurial thinking in a wide range

You will cover the theoretical and practical elements required to plan, organise and stage an event. Special events in the modern sports, hospitality and entertainment industries take place in a wide variety of arenas and contexts. There are considerable logistical elements and potential challenges which must be considered in the planning and implementation process. This module provides you with a theoretical knowledge of event planning and management theory which you will then apply to the prac

Following on from your previous training regarding personal qualities and behaviours that can impact your ability to succeed, this module focuses on developing your practical skills relevant to a workplace environment. This module will ask you to apply your knowledge and personal skillset to problem-based learning scenarios, and live projects. You will learn project management skills, develop your personal pragmatism, and enhance your industry-based interests and understanding. You will work bot

As a practitioner in your discipline you will be required to engage in evidence-based practice. This module supports your ability to become an evidence-based practitioner by providing you with an introduction to the processes involved in conducting research within your discipline and equipping you with the skills and knowledge to be able to critically analyse the work of others. This module will build on skills and knowledge which you will have acquired throughout your course so far, and has bee

You will critique the literature and evidence behind the scouting process and the predictors of talent used across a range of sports. You will evaluate talent identification processes that exist across a variety of different sports and within other countries. Through application of key theories and critical analysis of processes in place within industry, you will review the role of the coach in talent development processes in a chosen sporting field. Furthermore, you will examine the support mec

This module provides an introduction to learning and teaching in physical education. You will acquire the skills, knowledge, values and attitudes needed for healthy living and contribute to the development of school sport and wider educational environment. Through a combination of theory and practical activity, you will build confidence and competence which critically examines strategies and techniques used in successful teaching.

This module will give you critical insight into how coaching, psychology, physiology, and strength and conditioning impact on performance at the highest level. The module will follow an interdisciplinary approach to high performance coaching across a range of sports, allowing for the application of theory to practice. You will synthesise theory and evidence-based practice to evaluate appropriate training programmes and critically analyse existing approaches to high performance coaching. You will

Using leadership and management as central themes you will learn how to critically appraise relevant theory and research in order to develop your own actions, behaviours and characteristics pertinent to a career in sport, business or education. The module provides an opportunity to reflect on your own leadership and management skills and behaviours and to critically analyse the impact of this in an applied setting, benchmarking such approaches against tested relevant academic frameworks. You wil

This module provides you with the opportunity to synthesise the knowledge and skills you will have developed during the course of your studies and independently design, develop and execute an individual professional project. This project aims to investigate an original contemporary industry-relevant issue and will be a platform through which you will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, understanding and expertise you have developed in your discipline thus far. It is expected that your project out

Following on from your previous training regarding personal qualities and behaviours that can impact your ability to succeed, this module focuses on practical application of that knowledge during a workplace visit. Until now, your modules have provided learning opportunities about the industry and societal context in which you plan to work. This module aims to introduce you to a workplace environment. Doing so will allow you to enhance your awareness of the industrial landscape through experienc

This module aims to provide a framework where sports coaches can apply technological advancements to enhance the analysis of sports performers. They will develop techniques to evaluate sports performance, particularly technical, tactical and physiological analysis. This will include a review of pertinent scientific elements of training