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Study graduate certificate online with University of Notre Dame Australia through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

The Graduate Certificate in Sport Coaching and Leadership will provide future and current coaches with a clear understanding of the theory and methodological application of best practice principles that focus on holistic athlete development. Throughout the program, students explore coaching and leadership theories and behaviours, cultural issues, performance analysis techniques, and professional practice principles. Students will reflect on their own coaching experience, and how coaching and leadership can influence athletic environments, performance and progress.

Explore current coaching practices and styles to see where yours fits. Use technology and data to optimise training. Inspire and motivate. Become a socially responsible leader in a positive sporting culture. Learn from experienced coaching staff.

Graduate Certificate in Sport Coaching and Leadership

The Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational Performance is designed to meet the needs of professional teachers who wish to undertake further career development. Specifically, the program will support students to develop a comprehensive and ethical knowledge of athlete development and training prescription with the goal to enhance athletic performance. Unique to this program, students will also learn about pastoral care in the school, and how to mentor and coach peers in an educational setting in order to support personal and academic development.

Pursue leadership and coaching roles in schools and clubs. You’ll add pastoral care and mentoring to your professional teaching toolkit. Develop your career so you can develop athletes on the field and in the classroom.

Graduate Certificate in Sport and Educational Performance

The Graduate Certificate in Coaching and Educational Management is a fully online program designed to meet the needs of professional teachers who wish to undertake further career development. Specifically, the program will support students to develop a comprehensive and ethical knowledge of multidimensional and evidence based coaching practice with a focus on athlete-centred approaches. Unique to this program, students will also learn about strategic management and planning in education in order to build and support resiliency in schools.

Add coaching practices and strategic management to your teacher’s tool kit. You’ll boost your management and leadership skills within the sporting arena. Build a positive culture. Plan for the best for your students and athletes. 

Graduate Certificate in Coaching and Educational Management

Fundamentals of Exercise Programming

Health and Exercise Performance Testing

Functional Exercise Anatomy Application

Research and Writing in Exercise Science

Strong theoretical knowledge and evidence based decision making should be adopted by practitioners to optimise athletes and/or teams for success. This course aims to provide students with a research-based learning experience, which involves the opportunity to investigate an area of relevance to the industry. Students will research a topic of interest, critically analyse relevant theories, concepts and/or data, and communicate the outcomes and its application in a meaningful way to a variety of audiences. Students will apply knowledge and skills developed in previous courses to address a specific area of interest, with the results of their enquiry communicate to broad audience.

Evidence Based Coaching Practice

This course will explore three core components within high performance sport; injury prevention, athlete recovery and performance nutrition. Students will develop an understanding of common approaches and applied methods in each distinct component. Further, students will critically analyse research investigating specific techniques in order to evaluate the impact of these on athlete health and performance. This course equips students with a sound understanding of key scientific principles and current evidence-based methodologies within each domain, with the ultimate goal of optimising athlete’s health, wellness and long-term performance.

Optimize your athletes’ well-being and enhance their performance. You’ll learn to combine approaches in injury prevention, athlete recovery and performance nutrition. Take a look at the research and evaluate what’s best for your team. 

Integrated Approaches to Athlete Health and Performance

This course will provide an advanced examination of physiological adaptions associated with various forms of athletic programming. Reflecting current trends in programming and exercise prescription, this course will also explore evidence based practice designed to enhance the development of different athletic attributes within various athletic settings. As part of this course, students will learn and demonstrate practical skills associated with the coaching of common resistance training exercises and various communication methods to enhance the athlete learning environment.

Applications of Strength and Conditioning

This course is designed to develop student’s professional skills and business understanding in high-performance sport. First, students will complete a series of practicum observations in the high-performance coaching environment across various sports/athlete groups. Further, students will examine the fundamentals of sports business and management to better prepare for working within the professional sport setting. For the final component, students will develop the essential skills required to support athletes experiencing a mental health problem or crisis via completion of the internationally acclaimed Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training.

Professional Practice in High Performance Sport

This course will allow students to collect real-time data from a number of commonly-used devices in elite sport, identify the most relevant information from large amounts of data, and develop the skills required to critically analyse the data using contemporary software platforms to develop optimal training programs and enhance athlete and team performance. The use of technology in sport to measure performance has risen in popularity due to ease of accessibility, lower cost, and reduction in size. Athletes and teams are always looking to gain a competitive edge over their rivals, and the ability of a coach to collect, analyse, identify, and effectively disseminate the most important data to other coaches and their athletes is a highly desirable skill.

Performance Technology and Analysis for Coaches

This course examines coaching through interdisciplinary approaches to the coaching process including the ability to recognise and develop current coaching practice and philosophies. Specifically, students will examine pedagogical, psychological, and motor learning disciplinary knowledge and evaluate its role in coaching and athlete performance. Students will apply analytical and reflective skills to develop their own philosophy and evaluate and improve their own coaching practices.

Multidimensional Coaching Practice

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