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About Study Course

Department: Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Credit points / ECTS:16 / 24
Course supervisor:Inese Ļubinska
Study type:Full time
Course level:First level
Target audience:Sports Trainer; Pedagogy
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Sports Science

Objective

To strengthen, supplement the knowledge of trainees, improve their professional skills and competences, in accordance with the requirements of the sports coach’s profession.

Prerequisites

General education study courses of the programme, industry-specific compulsory study courses, industry-specific elective study courses and industry and profession-specific study courses.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1. Knows how to define the limits for learning of movements, provides effective feedback individually to each student.

Skills

2. Builds a physically and emotionally safe developing and inclusive training environment.
3. Plans and implements practically meaningful training classes in line with the regulatory framework.
4. Offers various tasks in training classes in line with students’ fitness and health.
5. Encourages students to think and give them opportunity to plan, monitor and assess their training process.
6. Plans the training process that focuses on learning outcomes of students and fits into the general training programme.
7. Takes care that students critically assess different information, make informed decisions, cooperate effectively, taking into account their own needs and those of others.
8. Formulates clear learning outcomes and appropriate criteria for assessment of students’ performance.

Competence

9. Systematically plans and implements personal professional growth, seeks support, time and learning material to continue to improve further.
10. Develops personal professional skills and competences by working with colleagues and the administration to support students’ learning and training.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Sports and education specialist (sports coach), SVT 4First levelRequired