Sports Coaching and Physical Education

About this course

Sports coaching and physical education is a combination that prepares you to develop athletes and to deliver physical education in school settings. Coaching is a profession concerned with developing individuals' physical performance, tactical understanding, and psychological resilience, drawing on exercise science, pedagogy, and psychology to design and deliver programmes that produce sustained improvement. Physical education adds a curriculum and educational dimension, focusing on how movement, fitness, and sport are taught to children and young people in primary and secondary schools, and why physical literacy and health are important educational goals. At Birmingham City University, this three-year full-time programme develops the pedagogical practice required to coach athletes across a range of ages and abilities, and to deliver the physical education curriculum at both primary and

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 35% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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