• Deakin University

Sports Coaching: Effective leadership to reach maximum team and individual performance.

Discover and explore the intricacies of coaching in the knowledge era, coaching the mental game and being player-centred.

A coach leading a small personal training session in a gym

  • Duration

    10 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
Overview
Requirements

Apply frameworks, principles and strategies for coaching players.

Culture is one of the primary mental conditioners in sport and it affects players’ performance and continued development.

Coaches are responsible for establishing a team’s culture either intentionally or unintentionally.

On this course, you’ll explore how an empowering culture, servant leadership or player-centred approach can help to create ideal mindsets.

You’ll learn how to foster an environment that enables people to perform to their potential and understand how to coach the mental game.

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

Who is the course for?

This course is for students of the ‘Sports Coaching’ microcredential by Deakin University

What software or tools do you need?

A laptop or tablet with word processing capability.

Who developed the course?

Deakin University

Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.

  • Established

    1974

  • Location

    Melbourne, Australia

  • World ranking

    Top 280Source: QS World University Rankings 2021

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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You can use the hashtag #FLDeakinCoaching to talk about this course on social media.