Year
2018
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 50-minute lecture fortnightly
1 x 2-hour workshop weekly
1 x 3-hour project work weekly
Prerequisites
1 HLPE2301 - Strength and Conditioning Coaching 1: Resistance Training
2 Admission into BSHPA-Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity
3 HLPE2532 - Exercise Physiology for Physical Educators
4 Admission into BLITTSPC-Bachelor of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching)
5 Admission into BLITTSPCG-Bachelor of Letters (Sports Performance Coaching) (Graduate Entry)
Must Satisfy: (1) and ((2 and 3) or (4) or (5))
Corequisites
HLPE3534 - Introduction to Sport Coaching, Management and Administration
Assessment
Assignment(s), Project, Practical work
Topic description
This topic will consolidate the students’ skills and knowledge gained in the strength and conditioning sequence through their application to advanced sport coaching. The tasks presented will enable the students to continue to develop their research techniques and develop mentor training skills. It will enable student to further develop their communication skills, advance their public speaking skills and evaluate coaching styles. Students will also critique and report on their own strength and conditioning coaching performance to further develop their coaching skills.
Educational aims
This topic aims:

  • To advance students’ understanding of sport coaching science, with a focus on theory and practice.

  • Develop mentor training skills, and

  • Evaluate strength and conditioning coaching by enabling students to enhance their understanding of sport coaching in an applied context through evaluative research.
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic students will be able to:

  • Evaluate strength and conditioning research as it relates to sport coaching practices

  • Undertake self-evaluation techniques and develop technical recording skills to improve strength and conditioning coaching performance

  • Work effectively in small groups in a strength and conditioning context

  • Apply current sport coaching principles in an applied strength and conditioning context to a variety of audiences, including athletes, colleagues and academic staff