This course is for sports officials (referees & umpires) operating at the elite level within their sport.
This course focuses on enhancing your own performance or the performance of sports officials that you are responsible for coaching, developing or administrating.
It will use the latest research to give you expert knowledge of how to manage difficult players and will draw upon training evidence from the military, fire-fighting and NASA space control to help you make effective decisions under pressure.
You will be led by a world-expert in the development...
This course is for sports officials (referees & umpires) operating at the elite level within their sport.<br/><br/>This course focuses on enhancing your own performance or the performance of sports officials that you are responsible for coaching, developing or administrating.<br/><br/>It will use the latest research to give you expert knowledge of how to manage difficult players and will draw upon training evidence from the military, fire-fighting and NASA space control to help you make effective decisions under pressure.<br/><br/>You will be led by a world-expert in the development of sports officials who co-authored the first text on the Science and Practice of Sports Officiating together with internationally acclaimed staff in talent development and coaching.<br/><br/>Please contact the programme leader Duncan Mascarenhas at d.mascarenhas@napier.ac.uk before applying.
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Study Mode
Distance-online
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
01/2026
Campus
Unknown
Application deadline
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Course Code
Unknown
Institution Code
E59
Points of Entry
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