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This module will investigate the needs for sports coaching within communities and will analyse how successful government initiatives and a range of partners have been at delivering these needs. The needs of the community will be studied to investigate whether there has been:

• an increase in the number of qualified coaches employed at a local level
• quality standards for the recruitment, employment, management and development of coaches;
• managed, quality continuous professional development support for employed coaches; and
• high-quality coaching with a focus on young people.

i. Knowledge and understanding
On successful completion of the module the student should be able to:
a) Critically analyse the needs of communities within a sports coaching context
b) Evaluate the number of qualified coaches employed at a local level
c) Critically analyse the quality standards for the recruitment, employment, management and development of coaches
d) Analyse and evaluate the provision of quality continuous professional development support for employed coaches

ii. Skills
The learning activities associated with this module are intended to develop the following:

Transferable skills:
a) communication and literacy
b) application of numerical techniques
c) problem solving
d) independent learning and working

Staff/student contact: 20%
Student private study: 80%

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.