SE349-6-AU-CO:
Advanced Sport Coaching Practice and Communication
2026/27
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 6
Future
Thursday 08 October 2026
Friday 18 December 2026
15
12 August 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 provides an introduction to the micropolitical nature of sport coaching. Students will examine the complexity of social relationships in the sport coaching landscape. Through the engagement with various sociological theories, students will learn how to make sense of and engage with coaching contexts and stakeholder relationships characterised by competing interests, goals, and ideologies. Students will be supported to consider and experiment with the ways in which practitioners independently navigate work contexts via strategic interaction to enact influence, generate buy-in and respect, and build interpersonal trust. A closer look at the intra- and inter-personal skills necessary for collaboration, including the collective planning, enactment and evaluation of teamwork, will prepare students for likely roles in multi-disciplinary teams. Here, particular attention is given to matters of alignment, cooperation and coordination.
The aims of this module are:
- To enable students to critically consider the influence of stakeholder interests, goals and ideologies in sport coaching contexts and organisations.
- To develop the intra- and inter-personal skills fundamental to independent and collective strategic interaction, including the generation of trust, buy-in, respect and credibility.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of micropolitical concepts and associated theories.
- Reflect critically on the interests, goals and ideologies of key stakeholders.
- Develop and scrutinise strategic lines of (inter)action for coaching practice.
- Identify possible unintended consequences that may arise from (inter)action.
Indicative syllabus content:
- Micropolitical literacy.
- Micropolitical action.
- Relational networks.
- Emotions in sport work.
- Emotion management.
- Trust and trustworthiness.
- Individual impression management.
- Collective impression management.
The module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour seminar per week.
- One 2-hour practicum 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, bar practicums, will be accessible via Listen Again. Taught content, resources and practicum sessions will reflect 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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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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