The minor provides students with the foundational skills required to coach safely and effectively at the community, domestic and representative levels. Students will develop an individual coaching philosophy and style, use relevant technology, practice coaching in controlled settings (e.g., Learning in the workplace), develop program planning skills, and how to deliver applied exercise prescription programs. This minor is planned to provide students with a balance between the theory of coaching science and practical application of key concepts.
For a minor study students must complete 48 credit points of study comprising:
A full course is made up of several smaller topics or subjects. These are referred to as 'units'.
Most courses have compulsory 'core' units, as well as optional units.
'Credit points' are the value that each unit contributes towards your course.
Most units at VU are worth 12 credit points. You will need to complete the required course credit points to graduate.
This unit set is studied as part of the following course(s):