Athlete-centred coachingLaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

You can analyse your own coaching skills and coaching philosophy and you understand the significance of sport analysis in coaching programming.
You can program coaching comprehensively and athlete-centred.
Based on sport-specific analysis, you can design and implement goal-oriented training programs for different areas.
You can coach using athlete-centred methods.
You can explain what physiological changes need to occur for performance improvement in different areas.

Content

You know what components coaching is built upon.
What are your strengths and areas for development as a coach and what factors and principles is your coaching based on?
How is coaching programmed in an athlete-centred way?
How do the different components of physical performance function under stress?
How are exercises that serve the sport and the training goals planned and coached?

Accomplishment methods

Students can
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.