BSc (Hons) Football Coaching and Performance with Foundation Year

The module aims to develop your understanding of the sports industry and the position of coaching within it, both in the UK and internationally. You will also discuss cultural and societal processes involved in coaching and how recent developments, trends, and initiatives have affected the coaching workforce. You will have an opportunity to discuss and evaluate a range of research methods to collect and review data on the coaching workforce and will explore the workforce in a chosen setting.

This module encourages you to consider your career goals and aspirations and understand what is required to secure graduate-level employment in your selected industry. You will explore the local job market to understand what skills and experiences employers value. You will complete a range of tasks that enable you to understand where you currently are in developing a relevant skill set in relation to what is required. You will develop an action plan that will enable you to work towards your career goals.

You will identify your current knowledge, experience and interests in a selected area of study and create an action plan to support your progression into Higher Education. You will describe how your previous experiences have provided a platform for you to study sport at university. This will provide a basis to create and develop an action plan for your first year of study. In doing so, you will develop your ability to retrieve information and improve your communication skills.

The module will develop the students conceptual and applied awareness and understanding of performance analysis in football, with particular reference to coaching and performance. The students will be provided with a football placement where they will analyse the team and disseminate their interpretation of the performance data to the teams coach.

This module introduces you to the role of the coach in a participatory sport& nbsp;and activity context. You will experience& nbsp;and examine the coaching process and acquire basic pedagogical skills through planning, delivering and evaluating sessions. You will be expected to micro-coach, working with a peer mentor to support your development.

This module will allow you to consider a range of pedagogical and sports coaching theories and how they are use in practice. Specifically, you will explore scenarios in a problem-based learning approach to coaching and plan and execute practical activities in light of your proposed solutions.

This module requires you to undertake a work-based placement related to your career aspirations. You will develop your identity as a professional in your field, including a set of values, skills, and attributes required for graduate employment. You will build on your understanding and self-awareness developed at Level 4 to negotiate a set of developmental goals that will enhance your employability. Both during and following your placement, you will reflect on your learning and heightened self-awareness of areas for further development. You will develop your capacity to articulate your readiness for employment to others.

This module will provide students with an insight into how sports science is informed and informs current provision within football environments. You will build on your understanding of football and demands of the sport at Level 4 and begin to understand and evaluate the key determinants of performance and factors which can affect this.

This module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the project management of an event in a sporting context. The module focuses on the development of your capacity to engage with the policies, procedures and practices involved in the effective planning, organisation, staffing and operational management of sporting events. In learning about the challenges of organising these events, you will draw on concepts and theories from the sports industry. Problem based learning and industry case studies will be used to support your learning in this module. Examples will be drawn from the whole spectrum of sports events ranging from local voluntary participatory occasions to highly commercialised and globalised elite sports competitions.

The module aims to examine the tactical aspects of football. You will use technology to analyse the strategy a team employs and explore ways to counteract it. You will use Dartfish, SPSS and video analysis software to support your analysis and explore different ways you can feed this information back to the coach.  

This module aims to provide students with the skills and experience to conduct coaching sessions with diverse populations. You will attend, observe and plan to deliver coaching sessions and  use reflection to enable continuing development.

The aim of this module is to challenge students to use analytical and problem-solving techniques to deal with complex and multi-dimensional sports coaching related problems.

The module intends to allow flexibility when further developing your applied skills relevant to the& nbsp;sport& nbsp;and physical activity industry. You will have opportunities to conduct self evaluation and identify a focus area for development (coaching, analysis, sport science support, etc). You will have face to face and online learning opportunities, but the majority of your work will be conducted in a placement. Your placement and chosen area of development should be discussed with your module tutor& nbsp;who will facilitate the process and support you when needed in your independent work.& nbsp;Much of your work on this module will contribute to the Wolverhampton Enterprise and Employability Award.

The Professional Project is the culmination of your undergraduate degree course which will enable you to work independently in an area that excites and interests you. The Professional Project enables you to engage with a substantial programme of independent study which allows you to define and explore in some depth a topic relating to your course or intended future employment, as well as developing advanced skills in managing an extended project. The Professional Project provides experience of critically evaluating and reflecting upon the particular methodologies of your subject area. The project may include practical elements, dependent upon the subject discipline being studied. For students continuing from level 5 within the Institute of Sport, a project proposal will have been completed during a Level 5 module. The module is year-long and it will be your focus while you participate in the taught content during Block 1 which will lead to your submission of an ethics application (proposal). By the end of Block 4 you will submit both a written submission (project) and for participation at the school of sport student conference, either a either a mind map or pictorial representation of your project, which you will decide upon in discussion with your project supervisor. The presentation will be delivered to a small group of your peers and your supervisor/ second marker at the Department of Sport Student Conference (in the style of a viva voce). This should be considered a professional celebration of your studies moving into your employment. We therefore advise that you choose a topic that fuels your passions and interests, and that is relevant to your desired career path(s). You will work in partnership with your supervisors, and with their facilitation work towards a memorable end to your undergraduate studies.