Working with people in sport and fitness

It will be of particular value to sports coaches, fitness trainers and aspiring P.E. teachers who are interested in developing their personal skills and becoming more effective as practitioners.

The Working with people in sport and fitness module at The Open University uses a reflective approach to developing personal skills such as communication, motivation, team working and leadership, and learning physical skills.

This module will enable you to:

– demonstrate an ability to apply a range of motivational techniques and adapt to individual/group needs and motives
– demonstrate an awareness of the need to communicate in different ways to meet the needs of groups and individuals
– apply insights gained from working practice of training, instructional or coaching roles and relate this to instructional frameworks
– describe the characteristics of effective leadership and team working
– analyse case studies and draw out relevant information to inform your own learning.