Sports Coaching Science with Foundation Year

Tackle real-world sporting challenges with our Sport Coaching Science degree Explore coaching processes, skill acquisition, and performance analysis with our Sport Coaching Science degree.

You will learn to tackle real-world challenges and specialise in areas like:

• physiology

• psychology

• performance analysis

• biomechanics

Exceptional reputation, teaching, and support

We have an excellent reputation for sports. Your lecturers are experts in diverse fields, here to support your personal and professional growth.

Hear From our students

Daniel, Sports Coaching Science student – “Our lecturers are tremendously enthusiastic and helpful.”

Lucia Santoriello, Sports Coaching Science student – “I love that because our classes aren't huge, the teachers really get to know you as a person. They really get to know what you're trying to achieve with the degree, and I feel like everyone is really invested in you.”

World-class facilities

During your sport coaching science course, you will have access to our world-class sports facilities, including:

• fitness suites

• strength and conditioning suites

• laboratories.

Work placements: build professional experience

Due to our exceptional reputation, we have strong relationships with national and local organisations. You can complete a work placement with these organisations, allowing you to build networks and skills in a professional setting. Previous students have worked in:

• schools

• sports clubs

Modules

Year One is a foundation year for all students within Sports Coaching Science. Students cover core sport science topics and coaching modules.
After the grounding in theory provided at Level 4 you will now progress into practical understanding and the application of acquired theoretical knowledge to enhance coach effectiveness. Throughout the course specialised coaching modules are taken alongside optional sport science modules.

In Year 3 you will complete, alongside other theoretical and practical modules, an extended research project. Advanced issues and research are covered through theoretical and laboratory-based work.

About the Foundation Year

Our four-year degree programmes (including a foundation year) provide an alternative route to undergraduate study at university if you do not have the grades to access higher education in the traditional way.

Why St Mary’s?

You will gain skills and support to make a positive impact – for yourself and for others – through high-quality teaching, real-world experience, and a community that lifts each other up. Our campus is a London oasis – blending city energy with open green spaces to think, connect, and grow.

The Foundation Year modules are Personal Learning Competencies, Taking a Professional Approach, The Individual Project, Foundations of Life, The Chemistry of Nature and Principles of Physics and Mathematics