Applied Sports Coaching

Who do you think should take this course?

The course is appropriate for coaches at different stages of their coaching careers, from early-stage to more experienced practitioners. For those who are relatively new to coaching and may not yet have reflected extensively on their coaching role, the content and structure of the course provide opportunities to develop ways of thinking and working in relation to planning, applying, and evaluating training sessions. For more experienced coaches, the course offers an opportunity to connect practical experience with theoretical knowledge and to reflect more deeply on what they do in their coaching practice, how they do it, and why.

What characterizes this course?

This course adopts a pedagogical perspective on coaching, focusing on how coaches influence individual and group performance, particularly through the design of learning environments that facilitate development. The course addresses the theoretical foundations of three key aspects of coaching: coaching methods, feedback, and coaching philosophy.

During the course, the student will observe a coach in action and will also have the opportunity to apply coaching themselves and reflect on these experiences. For these course elements, the student needs to have access to a coach who can be observed, as well as individuals or a group with whom they can apply coaching in practice (two training sessions).

Students from all over the world participate in this course. As a result, students will gain insight into a wide range of coaching contexts through the student-interactive elements of the course.