Sport Performance and Coaching with foundation year

Coventry University

Sports coaching and athlete development is an exciting and rewarding field which includes a range of employment opportunities across the sport and exercise industry. The Sport Performance and Coaching with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) course aims to provide you with a solid grounding for building a career in the sports sector.The strength of the course lies in preparing students, who are unable to follow the more traditional route onto a degree course in Sport Performance and Coaching.Sports coaching and athlete development is an exciting and rewarding field which includes a range of employment opportunities across the sport and exercise industry. Practitioners can work with athletes of all skill levels, and across the many coaching positions available in the areas of performance analysis and performance sports.CU Scarborough is part of a new £50m complex which includes a modern campus building, a sports village and a football stadium that is home to Scarborough Athletic Football Club. The state-of-the-art sports village hosts two swimming pools, a 60-station gym, fitness studios and a sports hall, in addition to a 3G sports stadium pitch.Your foundation year aims to build your confidence and develop your academic and professional skills focusing on providing foundation level knowledge, skills and experience including introduction to anatomy and physiology, sport coaching, sport performance and academic and professional skills for sport.Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto the Sport Performance and Coaching BSc (Hons).4 years full-time