BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Performance (With Foundation Year) (West Ham United Foundation)

The degree program is designed to embed industry experts throughout the duration of the course, with West Ham United Foundation and Academy delivering on half of your modules. You’ll learn the skills needed to become an inspiring, motivating, and highly qualified coach as well as how to design training programs and analyze performance. Whether you end up mentoring top athletes or inspiring schoolchildren – we’ll help you to follow the coaching path that excites you most. The coaches we help develop have a strong reputation, especially because they have already gained real-world experience before they graduate. So, after your three years with us, you’ll be well placed to find employment, with the latest statistics showing that over 90 percent of our graduates are either at work or involved in further study within six months of graduating.

Foundation Year (If Required)

• Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
• Sports Development & Coaching
• Physical Health & Wellbeing in Sport
• Psychological Influences on
• Health & Wellbeing in Sport & Physical Activity
• Academic & Communication Skills in Sports
• Career and Professional Development in Sports (Mental Wealth)
• Work Placement

Year 1

• Essential Skills for Sport (Mental Wealth)
• Coaching Principles
• Coaching Practice
• Talent and Performance
• Anatomy and Physiology for Sport
• Psychological Aspects of Sport

Year 2

• Performance Analysis
• Performance Training Programmes
• Research Methods and Design
• Applying Specialist Performance
• Athlete Management
• Applied Sports Coaching

Year 3

• Coaching in Performance Sport
• Advanced Performance Analysis
• Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
• Professional Development (Sports Specialism Placement (Level 6)
• Applied Research Project
• Strength and Conditioning

Employability

“Our coaching course is about helping students identify and follow their own ambitions in whatever area they wish,” says Course Leader Andy Preston.“Through our work placements, we’ll help you develop your own skills and push your career to wherever you want to take it.”We think your knowledge of all areas of coaching will be so thorough by the time you finish our course that you’ll be in a strong position to land a job in the field you’re targeting. Our record suggests this is no idle boast. We’ve helped develop coaches in vastly differing areas. At the elite level, for instance, one of our students, Andre Fernandez, has just gone on to be employed by England Athletics, helping guide some of Britain’s best long jumpers and sprinters while working alongside internationally recognized coaches Clarence Callender. Andre’s also not a bad long jumper himself! We’re just as proud of our graduates who have gone on to jobs in the community, helping coach sports such as basketball and football at club and schools level. They include graduates like Abul Hussain, who’s now a community sports coach working for activeNewham. Others have found work in the community operations of professional football clubs, including Millwall, West Ham, and Leyton Orient.