Sport Coaching
Qualifications
Overview
Sport Coaching graduates are motivated and passionate leaders who inspire others towards success in sport, athletic development, and physical and mental health.
- Topics ranging in sport and anatomy science, coaching practice, and culture with a focus on your sports of interest.
- Practical learning and work experience opportunities with real-world sporting organisations.
- Choose from a Certificate in Sport Coaching or a Graduate Certificate in Sport Coaching to begin your coaching career or enhance your current practice.
UC offers a Certificate in Sport Coaching, and a Graduate Certificate in Sport Coaching if you already have a university degree.
In many bachelor's degrees, there is also a Sport Coaching minor available.
See also the Bachelor of Sport, a three-year degree with major and minor sport subject options, including Sport Coaching and Physical Education.
This study develops transferable skills in motivation and leadership, teaching, and wellbeing knowledge that would work well in sporting, educational, and health roles.
Career pathways could include:
- sports coach
- personal trainer
- outdoor and recreational sports guide
- policy and health advisor.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Sport Coaching.
Contact us
Te Kura Mātai Hauora | School of Health Sciences
Phone +64 3 369 3333
Email studyhealth@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Level 3, Rehua building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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