2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Jul 01, 2025  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SPMT 265 - Principles of Coaching

3 CR
This course will introduce the coaching profession and help develop the knowledge and skills to confidently lead a team. Exploring topics about coaching philosophy, behavior and motivation, team dynamics, communication and player performance, students will learn the principles of coaching and their application through a semester full of practical experiences.

Requisites: Next Gen ACCUPLACER® reading score of 244, or at least a grade of C in TSRE 55  . 
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the landscape of the coaching profession and requirements to effectively manage and lead a team.
  2. Develop and articulate interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence to navigate the behavioral and managerial demands of the coaching profession.
  3. Understand and integrate principles of technical, tactical, physical and psychosocial training into the development of an athlete and/or a team.