Develop your approach to coaching with insights from contemporary research

This course from The Open University explores new and emerging approaches to sports coaching and aims to make you more curious and inquisitive about coaching.

Over four weeks, you’ll gain skills that will expand your understanding of a coach’s responsibilities in today’s sporting environment; responsibilities that go far beyond just a focus on winning.

Explore the role of a modern sports coach

Through the invaluable insight of a leading Open University sport and fitness expert, you’ll identify more about how coaches learn, the different ways they learn, and the role of the people who support their learning.

By examining different approaches to the way that skilled performance is developed, you will appreciate the role of a coach as a learning designer and a creator of environments that improve performance.

Gain essential knowledge to promote children and young people’s rights in sport

This course also focuses on the importance of children’s rights and why everybody working with children should ensure that every child is involved in decisions about them. You’ll discover how children’s rights influence coaching, and how coaches and all adults have a duty to respect, protect, and fulfil children’s rights in sport at all times.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to challenge your existing beliefs, have a fresh perspective on sports coaching, and an increased awareness of coaching practice.

You will gain most benefit from the course if you are actively leading, coaching or supporting athletes, such as: