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HND: Sports Coaching and Development

Following on from the HNC: Sports Coaching and Developing, this course is designed to continue to develop and support your pursuit of a career within sports coaching and sports development. You must have passed HNC: Sports Coaching and Developing in order to be enrolled on this course.

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Level:

SCQF Level 8

Duration:

  • One year full-time
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What skills will I learn?

  • Health and Wellbeing for Sports Performance Performance Practice
  • Observation and Analytic Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Supporting, Mentoring, Motivational and Role Model Skills
  • Working effectively with different ages, stages and abilities
  • Ethical Practitioner

What will I study?

Core Units:
  • Fitness conditioning in sport
  • Sports mechanics
  • Improving coaching in sport
  • Coaching of sports performance development
  • Sports development and research
  • Coaching and development sport: graded units 2 and 3

Optional Units:
  • Nutrition for fitness, health and exercise
  • Strength and conditioning for sports performance
  • Psychology of sports performance
  • Inclusive sport coaching
  • Managing a sport or fitness related event
  • Managing volunteers

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • It is possible to progress on to a degree at university from this course - see our HE and Degree Pathways guide for more information.

What career opportunities are there?

Successful completion of the HNC/HND may lead to career opportunities which include, but are not confined within the following contexts:
  • Sports coaching and/or activity leadership
  • Active school roles
  • Sports development
  • Disability sports development
  • Fitness/gym staff
  • Leisure centre staff
  • Swimming pool staff
  • Health and fitness staff
Employers may include the following: local authorities, leisure trusts, National/Sports Governing Bodies (NGB/SGB), local sports organisations, private clubs/hotels.The practical nature of the course will equip you for work within the promotion and development aspects of sports or sports coaching itself.

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