LEVEL 3 SPORT
EXTENDED
DIPLOMA
START DATE
September 2024
DAY/TIME
DURATION
CAMPUS
Weekdays
2 Years
The
Riverside
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course gives you the knowledge and skills to be able to apply the principles of science to enhancing sports performance and develop the foundations for a career in Sports.
You’ll have the opportunity to study a wide range of scientific concepts in a sporting context and complete a work placement.
YEAR 1 STUDY
Anatomy & Physiology
Fitness Training
Professional Development in the Sports Industry
Sports Leadership
Application of Fitness Testing
Practical Sports Performance
Coaching For Performance
YEAR 2 STUDY
Research Methods in Sport
Sports Psychology
Sports Injury Management
Development and Provision of Sport
Investigating Business and Sport
Skill Acquisition in Sport
Sports Performance Analysis
WHERE IT CAN TAKE YOU
UNIVERSITY
You can gain up to 168 UCAS points, which will allow you to enrol at number of high level universities.
USA
The course can give you access to scholarship programmes in the USA alongside your sport.
APPRENTICESHIPS
The course gives you foundations to progress onto a variety of different apprenticeships
THIRD YEAR
We offer a 3r year programme which looks at combining a full time football programme with a personal training qualification.
There will be two exam units in year 1 and two exam units in year 2. The rest of the course will be made up of coursework and work experience units.
BOTH COURSE WORK & EXAM CONTENT
Five GCSE grades 9-4, including maths, English Language and Science.
ASK US IF YOU ARE
UNSURE
This course will allow you to progress onto university after two years with between 48 and 168 UCAS points depending on your grade. If you did not want to apply for university you will be able to apply for jobs and apprenticeships in the Sports Coaching, Sports Development and the Leisure Industry.
UNIVERSITY, SCHOLARSHIPS, APPRENTISHIPS