University of Abertay Dundee, Graduate Certificate, Sports Coaching

This course is designed for people who are already in the field of sports coaching and who are seeking to extend their current qualifications to potentially advance their careers; this course is aimed at individuals from a range of backgrounds who are interested in developing their coaching capabilities, in order to enhance their understanding of how current sport science knowledge informs coaching practice; the course develops understanding of key issues pertaining to the athlete’s performance; coaching today means having a sound knowledge of how the athlete’s mind and body functions, so that this can be used to best effect in training prescriptions to maximise performance and provide athletes with a competitive edge; key features: Use of laboratory facilities and the opportunity to engage with state-of-the-art sport science equipment and techniques; career relevant, study is specific to application in the coaching context; flexible study modes, with weekend delivery, and the opportunity to study the programme in a series of blocks; opportunity to up-skill and diversify existing qualifications and expertise; gain access to Abertay’s related degree programmes.