TI200 Sport Coaching 1: Coaching, children and youth (Autumn 2025)

ECTS Credits:
10
Responsible department:
Department of Sport and Social Sciences
Course Leader:
Siv Gjesdal
Lecture Semester:
Autumn
Teaching language:
Norwegian
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

Introduction

The course is an introduction to coaching children and youth with a special emphasis on barriers and opportunities for sports participation and development. The course will give the students a theoretical understanding of the psycho-social processes underpinning development and learning in order to inform a pedagogical basis for their involvement in youth sport contexts. The focus will be on sociocultural and psycho-social perspectives on athlete development and coaching.

Prerequisite

No subjects at program level.

Admission to the course

Open subject for qualified students at NIH and individual subject students.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students should be able to

  • critically evaluate systems of athlete and talent development in children and youth sport settings.
  • reflect upon how the context shape and enable sport activities for children and youth.
  • identify the potential outcomes of sport participation for children and youths and explain how these can be achieved.
  • consider aspects related to maturation, psycho-social and motivational aspects when designing sport activities for children and youths.
  • describe patterns of youth sport participation, particularly within the sport context in Norway.
  • discuss the experience of marginalized groups in sports coaching and athlete development, such as athletes with disabilities and immigrant girls.

Learning methods and activities

The structure of the course will be a combination of preparation for and participation in lectures and discussions, individual assignments, and seminar activities including student presentations.

Work requirements

In order to be permitted to do the final exam, students must attend at least 80 % of the seminars, and pass two written assignments rated pass/fail related to the seminar activity:

  • The two assignments have a 500-word limit, excluding references, 12 p Times New Roman, double line spacing, APA-standard of referencing.

Papers that exceed the word limit or does not follow the guidelines for formatting or referencing will not be evaluated. The assignments must be submitted in a pdf-format in Canvas at the given date and time.

Assessment/exam

Students are assessed in two ways, each counting for 50 % of the total grade in the course.:

  • Individual paper (up to 3000 words), to be worked on "at home". In working with this, students will use available documentation to describe, understand, and critically assess a case related to the topics covered in the course. The paper can be written in Norwegian or English. Grades A-F will be given.
  • A 30-minute oral exam. No helping aids allowed. Grades A-F will be given.

The written paper will be submitted via Wiseflow, and run through plagiarism control.

Core literature

Core literature for fall 2025.
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