Sport Science and Coaching Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

From teaching the basics to celebrating career-defining wins, coaches are essential to sports people’s success at every level. To an individual, a coach is a mentor who oversees, instructs and supports them to be the best they can be. To a team, a coach is a leader who helps tackle challenges head-on and guides them to victory.

In sports coaching, communication is key. A good coach not only needs to know their sport inside out, but they also need excellent teaching, listening and leadership skills. That’s why at NTU, you’ll take all your learning directly to the pitch, track or arena as you get hands-on with our industry partners. You could inspire and teach future stars at grassroots level, assist elite athletes at the top of their game, or make a positive difference to people’s lives by getting involved with community sports initiatives.

BSc Sport Science and Coaching is about using sport and exercise science to inform your coaching practice; it’s about developing transferable skills which will benefit you in any career; and above all, it’s about getting out there and doing it for real.

Our sports coaching degree is focused on maximising sport and exercise performance by developing evidence-based techniques and applying them to real-life coaching. You’ll examine coaching theory, delve into the science behind exercise physiology and psychology, and test your ideas in our specialist labs and suites. Then, you’ll put all your learning into action with hands-on sports coaching practice, as you tackle live briefs set by our partner organisations and get work-like experience with local people and NTU’s sports community.

After trying out a bit of everything in Year One, you can tailor your degree to suit your ambitions by choosing from an extensive range of optional modules in your second and final year, covering topics from the sociology of sport to observational analysis and talent development.

You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake a coaching qualification, plus you can get a Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) Personal Trainer qualification. This will incur a small fee, but it’s much cheaper than doing it elsewhere.

NTU is in the Top 20 in the UK for teaching quality in Sport Science (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).

Study highlights include:

* Build an industry network as you work on briefs set by organisations such as UK Coaching, Paddle UK and Rackets Cubed.

* Take part in sports coaching activities which can lead to nationally-recognised coaching awards.

* Get involved with our [Sport and Wellbeing Academy](https://www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-courses/academic-schools/science-and-technology/sport-science/sport-and-wellbeing-academy), where you can get face-to-face coaching experience with school children and grassroots sports teams in our local community, or gain personal training experience.

* Boost your employability further by learning a language on our [University Language Programme (ULP)](https://www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-courses/courses/our-schools/hum/university-language-programme), or consider a study year abroad.

* Consider being your own boss, with the support of NTU Enterprise.