HND in Sport: Sports Coaching and Leadership Management with Football Performance & Development Pathway

Year 1

- Coaching Practice & Skill Development
The aim of this unit is to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of coaching practice and the skill development associated with athlete performance. Students will engage in researching the impact of different coaching practices, working in various environments, utilising resources, developing skills and planning effective sessions. They will gain an understanding of the importance of developing sessions dependent on the group’s demographics. The knowledge, understanding and skill sets gained in this unit will help students to appreciate the varied coaching environments in which they might work. They will have learned how to be specific to the individuals they are coaching and ensure they apply the relevant skill development.

- Physical Activity, Lifestyle & Health
This unit provides students with the knowledge and understanding of appropriate tools to assess the lifestyle of a range of individuals and design, implement and review lifestyle enhancement programmes. Students will be able to reassess the lifestyle of a selected individual following completion of the programme and review the effectiveness of the programme in facilitating behaviour change. Throughout the unit, students will develop skills such as communication, interpretation and analysis which are crucial for gaining employment within the sport and fitness industry and developing academic competence.

- The Sports landscape
This unit explores the growing influence that governments have on sport, starting with the key policy stages and changing political priorities that have shaped the way the sport landscape is today. The unit naturally progresses to identifying current aims and priorities in sport, and how governments use sport as a tool for achieving a number of political, cultural and social objectives. This unit will develop students’ knowledge of the current politico-sporting climate, and how key sporting organisations influence and organise sport. With numerous organisations involved in, and influencing, the sporting landscape, funding within sport is a complex process and something that those wishing to work in sports development need to understand.

- Project Management
The aim of this unit is to offer students an opportunity to demonstrate the skills required for managing and implementing a project. They will undertake independent research and investigation for carrying out and executing a sport-related project which meets appropriate aims and objectives. On successful completion of this unit, students will have the confidence to engage in decision-making, problem-solving and research activities using project management skills. They will have the fundamental knowledge and skills to enable them to investigate and examine relevant concepts within a sports-related context, determine appropriate outcomes, decisions or solutions and present evidence to various stakeholders in an acceptable and understandable format.

- Anatomy & Physiology
An understanding of anatomy and physiology forms the basis for a number of other areas relating to training, fitness, fitness testing, physical activity and various therapeutic techniques. In this unit learners will study the structure and function of the human body systems (cardiovascular, respiratory and musculo-skeletal). This unit is designed for students wanting to gain knowledge of the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and understanding how movement is produced. Students interested in careers such as personal training, physical education teaching, occupational therapy, coaching, exercise prescription and performance analysis would find this a key unit in informing their practice.

- Technology in Sport
The aim of this unit is to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the impact technology has on sport and the ways in which it supports the athletes’ performance developments. Students will engage in researching the impact of technologic