This exciting new master’s is unusual in the UK for its specific focus on the scientific underpinning and application of coaching in youth. This course aims to foster an evidence-based approach, connecting the science of sport and exercise to the coaching process in youth populations. We cover aspects related to youth coaching, including profiling and strength and conditioning for children and adolescents, the development of motor skills, the fundamentals of youth coaching, critical issues in youth coaching research, research skills, professional practice and global professional development. Within these areas, the science of physiology, psychology, and biomechanical factors influencing youth performance will be applied. The breadth of teaching experience on this course will ensure you are challenged from an academic and practical perspective. You will experience a range of innovative and creative teaching and assessment methods which have a focus on the development of employable skills. Our course provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate specialist academic and transferrable skills, such as good communication, problem-solving, critical analysis and the ability to work independently to a high standard. The course's strong focus on research skills provides an ideal platform for further study at PhD level or for undertaking research.