Football Business Management and Coaching FDSC

• 72 UCAS Tariff points
• GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 (equivalent qualifications to GCSE in English and Maths will be considered).
• A Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this course.

Upon successful completion of this degree, you will receive a Football Business Management and Coaching FDSC.

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative.

Year One

• Work Based Learning- Coaching Context
• Disability and Inclusion within Football
• Introduction to the Business of Football
• Principles of Coaching - Intrapersonal Skills
• Football Development in the Community
• Training for Performance 1 - Skill Acquisition and Sport science

Year Two

• Work Based Learning- Business and Development Context
• Developing Research Skills in Football
• Coaching for Performance - Interpersonal Skills
• Developing Leadership and Management Skills
• Performance Analysis
• Training for Performance 2 - Physiological and Psychological Training

You will engage in series of taught sessions using a wide variety of methods including lecture, tutorial, practical sessions, problem-based learning and applied/vocational learning contexts. At both level 4 and 5 you are expected to engage in directed self-study (e.g. reading relevant literature and technical material in preparation for assignments, workshop presentations and practical sessions). This is essential in order to expand your knowledge and skills in practical, analytical and theoretical contexts.

In addition, meetings with personal academic tutors are scheduled on at least four occasions in the first year and three occasions in the second of the course. In addition, you will also have a set timetabled tutorial session per week for you to attend if you wish.

You have an opportunity to undertake a semester long placement in the first and second year of the course, supervised for agreed projects by a work-based mentor and a University tutor.

You use industry-standard design software and have access to excellent facilities throughout the course.

You will be assessed via several coursework-based modules. Assessments include, but are not limited to, written reports. Essays, practical demonstrations, and presentations. Each module will have two assessments which challenge you to develop a range of skills in a wide variety of contexts.

In each year of study, students will complete 100 hours of supervised work experience as part of a structured work placement module. This work experience will be in the domain of sports coaching, development, or business management. Students have the opportunity to complete their hours with the academy at Kidderminster Harriers FC.

Students have the opportunity to complete a top-up year at the University of Worcester in either Sports Coaching (BSc) or Sports Coaching and Development (BA). Alternatively, students could progress to work in the field of sports coaching or football business management.

Tuition fees vary depending on the course and mode of study. Read more about tuition fees and financial support.