Managing the Athletic Pathway

Course aim

This course will give students a sound understanding of the athletic journey from grassroots participation through to elite competition focusing on the managerial requirements that facilitate this process.

Course content

Students will examine a variety of applied approaches to recruiting and retaining sport participants. They will then examine the high performance pathway, gaining insight into operational requirements of talent identification and high performance competition whilst gaining appreciation of the unique pressures and commitments required of the developing elite athlete. The course concludes with a focus on elite sport, specifically examining competition requirements of the elite athlete, the role of the player manager and life-after-sport for the elite athlete.

Textbook(s)

Sotiriadou, P & De Bosscher, V 2013, Managing high performance sport, Routledge, Abington, Oxon, UK.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Continuous assessment, Essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.