ST5054 - Practical Delivery in Coaching and Teaching (2024/25)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | ||||||||||||
| Module status | DELETED (This module is no longer running) | ||||||||||||
| Module title | Practical Delivery in Coaching and Teaching | ||||||||||||
| Module level | Intermediate (05) | ||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | ||||||||||||
| School | School of Human Sciences | ||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | ||||||||||||
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| Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) | No instances running in the year |
Module summary
This module explores the key pedagogical theories that inform sports coaching and teaching as well as covering a wide variety of themes relevant to contemporary sports education and training. The module includes a strong emphasis on experiential learning with students engaging in practical coaching and teaching sessions on a weekly basis.
The module aims to provide students with an overarching appreciation of important theories relating to effective teaching and coaching practice. Students are afforded various opportunities to develop their practical competencies in relation to teaching and coaching. Ultimately, the module seeks to develop responsible and effective practitioners with a firm grounding in the necessary interpersonal and decision-making skills required within the coaching/teaching profession. The ability to communicate and use a variety of strategies to achieve coaching/teaching objectives is developed, along with an appreciation of the value of reflective practice in personal development.
Assessment: Class test (001) (50%) + Practical coaching (002) (50%)
Syllabus
The coaching process LO1, LO2
Coaching philosophy, behaviour and pedagogy LO1, LO2
Skill acquisition LO1, LO2
The coach-athlete relationship LO1, LO2, LO3
Development and the National Curriculum LO1
Performance testing and analysis LO1, LO3
Talent Identification LO1
Ongoing practical coaching sessions LO1, LO2, LO3
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
The basic structure to teaching and learning will involve a theory driven lecture supported by an interactive practical coaching-teaching session. Lectures will provide the essential theoretical base, whereas practical sessions offer students the opportunity to apply this knowledge and its relevance in practice.
Reflective practice is a continuous element as an important employability strand and driving force in personal development. A core coaching-teaching focus is the reflective practitioner and students are guided through this process and its relevance to future employability.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key theoretical principles behind sports coaching/teaching.
2. Plan and deliver an effective practical coaching or teaching session.
3. Engage in considered and theoretically informed reflective practice.
Bibliography
Textbooks:
Core texts:
• Armour, K. (2011). Sport Pedagogy: An Introduction for Teaching and Coaching. Prentice Hall.
• Cassidy, T., Jones, R., & Potrac, P. (2009). Understanding Sports Coaching: The Social, Cultural, & Pedagogical Foundations of Coaching Practice. 2nd Ed. Routledge, Abingdon.
• Lyle, J., & Cushion, C. (2010). Sports Coaching: Professionalisation and Practice. Churchill Livingstone, London.
Other texts:
• Baker, J. & Farrow, D. (2015) Routledge handbook of sport expertise. Routledge, Abingdon
• Baker, J., Cobley, S. & Schorer, J. (2013) Talent Identification and development in sport: International perspectives. Routledge, Abingdon
• Capel, S., & Whitehead, M. (2010). Learning to teach physical education in the secondary school. (3rd ed). Routledge Abingdon
• Chow, J., Davids, K., Button, C. & Renshaw, I. (2015) Non-linear pedagogy in skill acquisition: An introduction. Routledge, Abingdon
• Davids, K., Button, C. & Bennett, S. (2008) Dynamics of skill acquisition: A constraints-led approach. Human Kinetics, Champaign IL
• Farrow, D., Baker, J., & MacMahon, C. (2008) Developing Sport Expertise: Researchers and coaches put theory into practice. Routledge, Abingdon
• Griffin, L. & Butler, J. (2005) Teaching games for understanding: Theory, research and practice. Human Kinetics, Chicago
• Jones, R. (2006). The Sports Coach as Educator: Re-conceptualising Sports Coaching. Routledge, Oxon.
• Jones, R., Potrac, P., Cushion, C. & Ronglan, L. (2011) The sociology of sports coaching. Routledge, Abingdon
• Kidman, L. (2005) Athlete-centred coaching. IPC Ltd., Worcester
• Kidman, L. and Lombardo, B. (2010) Athlete-centred coaching: Developing decision makers (2nd Edition). IPC Print Resources Ltd., Worcester
• Light, R. (2012) Game sense: Pedagogy for performance, participation and enjoyment. Routledge, Abingdon
• McGarry, T., O’Donoghue, P. & Sampaio, J. (2013) Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis. Routledge, Abingdon
• O’Donoghue, P. (2014) An introduction to performance analysis of sport. Routledge, Abingdon