SE242-5-SP-CO:
Sport Coaching and Society
2026/27
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Future
Monday 18 January 2027
Thursday 25 March 2027
15
01 September 2025
Requisites for this module
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BSC C612 Sport Coaching,
BSC C613 Sport Coaching (Including Placement Year),
BSC C615 Sport Coaching (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C616 Sport Coaching (Including Foundation Year)
This module focuses on sport coaching contexts as microcosms of popular society. The module outlines the intersection between key issues in modern society and everyday coaching practice(s).
Students will develop a strong understanding of how coaching contexts and relationships are shaped by various discourses and political and economic forces, and the implications of this for practitioners. An emphasis is placed on examining how discourses, via social interaction, produce harmful or sub-optimal coaching environments for specific athlete populations. Through positioning the coach as an agent of and for change, students will be supported to engage with theory and stakeholder accounts to consider alternative and more liberating coaching practice(s) that are sensitive to sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, class, and disability, as well as sport participation and performance more generally.
The aims of this module are:
- To develop students’ understanding of the intersection of society and sport coaching, including the implications this has for everyday practitioner interactions and activities in the workplace.
- To enable students to reflect on the role of the coach in (re)producing and challenging discourses, emphasising coaching interactions that are sensitive to the needs of specific populations.
By the end of the module, students will be expected to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the implications for sport coaching and practitioners arising from socio-political, socio-cultural and economic factors.
- Evaluate the impact of coaching discourses and interactions on the experience(s) and wellbeing of diverse athlete populations.
- Reflect critically on the discourses underpinning personal beliefs and coaching practice(s).
- Propose alternative coaching practices that promote equity and inclusion, drawing on theory and stakeholder perspectives.
Indicative syllabus
- Cheating and doping
- Language and discourse
- Sport and the media
- Funding and sponsorship
- Diversity, equality and inclusion in sport coaching practice
- Sustainability and coaching practice
- Politics, economy and governance (precarity, neoliberalism)
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour seminar per week
All resources will be made available prior to scheduled classes. A variety of learning resources (e.g., e-books, podcasts, videos) will be available to students to cater for different learning needs. Students are expected to undertake weekly reading before classes and be prepared to engage in discussion. All sessions will be accessible via Listen Again. Taught content, resources and practical activities will reflect and represent the diversity of the student cohort and populations within wider society.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Dr Charlie Corsby
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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