SPMT614 - Coaching Theory, Methods, and Issues

Course Code: SPMT614 Course ID: 2773 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course focuses on current coaching theories, methods, practices, and outcomes. Students will consider the origin, development, and arguments surrounding the character of American sport. Topics include a study of coaching principles, practical coaching situations, great coaches and their methods, decision making in coaching, coaching ethics, and other contemporary issues in 21st century collegiate and high school coaching. Students are also exposed to the importance of computers and the Internet to today’s coaches.