This sport coaching degree will prepare you for a career in the sports industry and equip you to work in a wide range of settings at regional, national and European standard.

Learning about the role of the professional coach, you will explore the qualities needed to coach effectively in different contexts, and to work with people at a range of levels – from beginners to elite athletes – and with different groups, covering for example ethnicity, young children, adolescents, gender, older people and those with long-term illnesses or disabilities.

You will learn about coaching styles and be encouraged to develop your own style. You’ll study pedagogy, practice and employability, and learn to communicate effectively with performers, and support them inside and outside the sport, to get the very best from them.

You will also learn about the scientific aspects of coaching, such as anatomy, physiology and movement analysis; explore a range of health and fitness techniques; and learn ways to analyse human movement.

All students are offered opportunities to engage in coaching opportunities in the university, local authorities, clubs and schools. Previous students have completed placements at Fulham FC, Enable Sports Development, Chelsea Foundation and Hercules Wimbledon Athletics Club. Roehampton is also the Official Higher Education Partner of Crystal Palace FC, and the lead education partner of the Palace for Life Foundation.

With plenty of opportunities to put into practice the skills and knowledge you develop, you will leave well equipped to work in coaching and teaching, in whichever area of the profession you choose to pursue.

The government and sporting community are working to transform coaching into a graduate profession and to make the UK into the leader in coaching and coach education. This course is part of making that a reality.