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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
The aim of the study program Sports studies is to prepare a broad erudition, competent, self-confident, leading, modern sports coach who is able to create an attractive motivating environment for athletes, knows the expression of positive interpersonal relationships in sports, applies modern training and coaching technologies and methods in sports, responsible for the progress and development of public life through sports from children to Olympic champions Bachelor of Sports, an innovative achievement sports coach.
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge, and its application:
1. Ability to explain the latest international and national sports and coaching science concepts, trends, theories and practices.
2. Ability to integrate and apply the acquired modern pedagogical, educational, psychological knowledge and advanced methods of their assessment in creating a favourable psychological, educational microclimate of the sports environment, strengthen positive interpersonal relationships in training settings for athletes of all ages.
3. Ability to know the principles of creating a safe, respectful and inclusive training environment and the principles of sports organization activities.
Research skills:
4. Will be able to choose an innovative sports research methods to collect data, analyze research results and formulate conclusions in the preparation of the final thesis related to the training and coaching processes of athletes.
5. Will be able to apply the principles of ethics in conducting professional research and apply research results into the practice of coaching science in relation to athletes pre-competitive, competitive, post-competitive and recovery periods.
Special abilities:
6. Ability to develop coaching programs and interpret the indicators of the athlete's physical and functional condition based on reasonable criteria, critically evaluate the impact of the intervention using modern athlete training technologies.
7. Ability to individualize and promptly adjust physical loads, in relation to the individual response of the athlete’s physical exertion, identifying the causes of errors in sports equipment and tactics, selecting and applying methods to correct them.
8. Ability to apply modern coaching methods, techniques, tactics of the chosen sport, organize sports competitions, conduct it, participate in the competition judging process.
Social skills:
9. Ability to work responsibly in a team, communicate and collaborate effectively with athletes (fluently in native language and at least one foreign language), their parents, colleagues and develop the expression of positive interpersonal relationships taking into account the ethical, ethnic, social and cultural context of coach work.
Personal skills:
10. Ability to make responsible and reasonable decisions, organize and plan the work, select adequate and effective methods of planning and organizing coaching process.
11. Ability to form independently relevant learning goals and plan professional and personal learning.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Lectures; Seminars; Exercises; Communication via IT; Inclusive lecture; Discussion; Analysis of scientific literature; Talk; Search of information; Situation analysis; Case modeling; Group work.
Methods of assessment of learning
achievements:
Presentation of independent (group) work; Evaluative analysis; Reflection; Case delivery; Presentation ppt presentation; Peer review; Written task - scientific structured essay (analytical review of scientific articles, reviews); Self-assessment of gained experience; Monitoring the debate. Presentation of projects and application of interventions in practice.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical
training:
Functional anatomy
Motion control
Sports physiology and medicine
Sports genetics
Theory and didactics of sports coaching: 1
Theory and didactics of sports coaching: 2
Theory and didactics of sports coaching: 3
Theory and didactics of sports coaching: 3
Theory and practice of selected sports:1
Theory and practice of selected sports:2
Theory and practice of selected sports:3
Sports history
Sports ethics
Sports management
Sports law
Sports biomechanics
Sports education
Specialization language
General and Sports psychology
Sports biochemistry and nutrition
Methodology of sports science research 1
Methodology of sports science research: 2
Testing in sport 1
Testing in sport 2
E-learning technologies in sport
Practice 1 (Training observation practice)
Practice 2 (Under the supervision of a coach)
Practice 3 (Independent practice)
Course work of the study field
Thesis
Alternative, optional study subjects:
Performance analysis 1
Performance analysis 2
Performance analysis 3
Performance analysis 4
Sports Psychology 1
Sports Psychology 2
Sports Psychology 3
Sports Psychology 4
Mastery of a personal trainer 1
Mastery of a personal trainer 2
Mastery of a personal trainer 3
Mastery of a personal trainer 4
Athletic training 1
Athletic training 2
Athletic training 3
Athletic training 4
Specialisations:
Optional courses:
University based subjects:
Artes Liberales (Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Technology and the Humanities)
Alternative, optional study subjects in the sports study field:
Performance analysis 1
Performance analysis 2
Performance analysis 3
Performance analysis 4
Sports Psychology 1
Sports Psychology 2
Sports Psychology 3
Sports Psychology 4
Mastery of a personal trainer 1
Mastery of a personal trainer 2
Mastery of a personal trainer 3
Mastery of a personal trainer 4
Athletic training 1
Athletic training 2
Athletic training 3
Athletic training 4
Distinctive features of the Study
programme:
1. Sports studies study program is relevant and unique, as it is the only one in the country focused on the modern concept of Sports studies and see the training and preparation of sports coaches through integral and comprehensive acquisition of sports competencies. Vytautas Magnus University sees the training of a new generation of coaches not only as an expert in its field (specialization), but also through broader skills, knowledge and competence acquired through Liberal Arts, a new generation sports bachelor with foreign language skills (able to communicate in at least 2 foreign languages, English-C1 level), well-mastered information technologies and deepened Sports coaches competencies.
2. Studies are based on Liberal Arts. Vytautas Magnus University provides unique studies based on the Liberal Arts principle, which are unique to this university.
3. Foreign languages. VMU has a wide choice of foreign languages. In addition to speciality studies, Vytautas Magnus University provides students with strong and wide opportunities to choose foreign languages. As a compulsory level of English at graduation the student must reach C1 level and the student is given the opportunity to choose second foreign language studies from a list of more than 32 foreign languages.
4. Mastering computer literacy. In addition to speciality studies, there is a compulsory computer literacy competence that students gain through the studies that meet the ECDL certificate.
5. The study program Sports Studies is developed taking into account the five provisions of the successfully developed American Sport Education Program, abandoning specializations in small sports branches, but in order to develop human readiness, tendency to understand the object of study, anticipate the situation, perform certain targeted activities related to the site. There are five provisions in the study program: Values based learning, Social, pedagogical, physiological and management provisions are formed through the provided compulsory and alternative study subjects, acquiring the essential knowledge and skills necessary for bachelors of sports.
6. Scientific, pedagogical potential, material base. By merging VMU, ASU and LEU and VMU becoming a national teacher training center, successfully integrating LEU and ASU, appropriate conditions were created to consolidate scientific and academic staff in Kaunas and Vilnius by adapting modern sports infrastructure, laboratory equipment (Movement laboratory in Kaunas, Sports Research Laboratory in Vilnius), scientific and methodological resources. (Institute of Educational Research) and to create the best conditions for training sports specialists in Lithuania. Taking over the attractive and science-based experience of LEU physical and sports study programs, VMU aims to introduce a new concept of preparing highly competent sports coaches, which seeks to align with the development of the highest level sports competencies.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
The right to work as a sports specialist with a wide range of competencies, a coach (Achievement Sports) and according to the areas of professional activity in which graduates have successfully completed the Study Program in Sports Studies could work are the following:
1. Sports coach (sports coach)
2. Athletic training coach
3. Personal trainer
4. Paralympic / Disability Sports Coach
5. Judge in sports competitions
6. Lecturer of seminars / trainings related to sports
7. Administrative work in the private or public sector of sport
Access to further study:
Master degree studies.
