SP6009 - Coaching Concepts and Behaviour

Coaching Concepts and Behaviour builds upon the learning and teaching approaches adopted at Level 4 (i.e., SP0400) and Level 5 (i.e., SP0500). You will develop your ability to apply theory to practice through a combination of lectures, seminar activities, practical workshops, demonstrations, supervised practice time and self-directed activities. Taught content will be largely student-led, with an emphasis placed on you discussing and engaging in reasoned debate about your own and other’s context-specific planning, delivering and reviewing of coaching practice. Emphasis will also be placed on you engaging in self-directed external coaching to ensure you acquire knowledge, skills and qualities most relevant to your own interests and ambitions in coaching.

You will be supported through directed learning worksheets, electronic and interactive content via the Electronic Learning Portal (eLP), lectures, an electronic reading list and 1-1 support from an academic tutor. You will be expected to be proactive in identifying and raising issues for discussion with the module leader and your guidance tutor in particular. These should be prompted by your reading, planning, practice and review related to the module’s content. In addition, you will be able to take advantage of the University Library’s Skills Plus programme as you develop your skills as an undergraduate researcher. Specific tutor support and access to facilities (e.g., Sport Central, performance analysis labs.) will be given to enable you to develop your coaching practice and analytical skills. You will also have access to a Discussion Board (via the eLP) where support from peers and module staff can be accessed in relation to the module’s content and assessments.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:
1. Demonstrate a critical awareness of effective coaching practice.
2. Reflect upon the utility of coaching philosophies and practice.
3. Critically examine coaching philosophies, coaching practice and moderators of effectiveness.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
4. Plan, design, deliver and critically review your own and other coaches’ sports coaching programmes and practices in relation to the needs of athletes and effective coaching practice.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
5. Demonstrate knowledge and critical awareness of moral, ethical, legal and philosophical issues in sports coaching and the application of relevant theories and concepts to your own and other coaches’ contexts.

1. Summative Assessment:
a. Viva interview (100%): critically interpret and develop strategies to address professional practice issues in a specific sport context (MLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

2. Formative Assessment: includes practical coaching, critical analysis (research-tutored and research-based) of appropriate case studies, and in-class individual and group presentations.

You will receive both tutor and peer feedback on the tasks supporting formative assessment.

Successful completion of Level 5

None

Coaching Concepts and Behaviour seeks to develop a critical appreciation of the strategic role of the coach in diverse situations. You will critically examine coaching philosophy and ethical considerations specific to your own and other coaching contexts. The module adopts a critical approach, examining the process of coaching and notions of effective practice with reference to the complexities, challenges and opportunities inherent in different sporting domains. You will have the opportunity to develop research, enquiry and reflective practice skills through a hands-on study of coaching philosophy, coaching practice and their essential relationship in real-world settings. You will be assessed via a viva interview.