Course Modules

This module develops seminal personal e.g. communication, and professional e.g. technical skills, sport-specific knowledge, observation etc., and the skills required by an applied performance analysis practitioner.

This double module provides invaluable experience working as a performance analyst within a sporting organisation. It will enable you to foster an acute understanding of how performance analysis is used within sport, offer insight into organisational culture, develop essential professional

The module aims to provide you with a comprehensive and critical insight into the evolution, principles, theories and applications governing sports performance analysis. A theory to practice ethos is adopted throughout, promoting a research informed approach to applied practice.

You will learn how to develop and implement an effective performance testing battery to athletes from a range of sports.

You will develop the seminal personal skills e.g. communication, and professional skills e.g. technical skills, sport-specific knowledge, observation skills, required by an applied performance analysis practitioner.

Personalise your learning and deepen your knowledge and skillset within an area of your coaching pertinent to your future aspirations.

You will examine the demands of coaching across the lifespan and within both participation and performance environments. The module seeks to deepen your critical appreciation of planning in the mid and long term to support performance development over time. The

You will critically analyse coaching effectiveness and develop critical awareness of coaching philosophies and their impact on behaviours. The placement opportunities encourage you to synthesise and apply the theoretical concepts within the taught components of the programme to your coaching

You will learn and apply innovative and cutting-edge methods of analysis evident in psychology literature.

This module attempts to identify the key cognitive factors responsible for the development and demonstration of expertise, and to explore the scope for the coach and the learner to enhance learning and performance through a better understanding of such processes.