VALS1003 Coaching Programming and Practices (5 cr)

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Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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The course introduces the long-term planning and specific needs of the coaching process.

Description

Students develop their understanding of coaching organizations, physical fitness testing, and performance measures and acquire an in-depth comprehension of sports performance analysis, training programming and periodization.

  • Sport and coaching organizations

  • Elite-level performance analysis or principles of coaching for a specific group

  • Long-term programming and specific issues in coaching

  • Coaching support measures 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

  • analyze individual needs in the implementation of coaching

  • create a sports analysis based on existing coaching literature and research evidence

  • create long-term training plans, considering the different aspects of training 

Additional information

1. year, 3rd period (start of the course) 

Compulsory prerequisites

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Active participation in a seminar (12 hours) and writing and presenting a seminar paper.
Evaluation criteria:
Seminar work 100%
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish

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