Development of Top-level Skills in Sports, Meråker
Learn about how various factors influence skills and performance in endurance sports. This study is adapted for elite athletes.
Programme description
Main goal
In the Skills and performance development in sports study, the emphasis is on an in-depth understanding of one's own skill development and the development of practical competence as a practitioner and coach related to one's own sport.
The study integrates theory and practice divided into four 7.5 credit subjects: 1) physiology, 2) psychology, 3) motor skills/technique and 4) testing in sports. The study conveys important factors influencing sports participation, performance, learning, and development, from children's sports to top adult sports. Development of one's own training practice in the chosen sport and the practical pedagogical competence of the coach's role are central. The course will give the student the competence to lead and handle the daily work of their own and others' training and competition for teams and athletes at different skill levels.
To apply
The program Development of Top-level Skills in Sports Meråker is a part of another study program called Sports, part-time, digital and assembly based. To apply to both programs go to this site: Sports, part-time, digital and assembly-based (nord.no)
If you only want to apply for Development of Top-levels Skills in Sports, please contact Head of study program; Per Øyvind Torvik
When you have become a student to Sports, part time, you must check with your Study counselor to make sure that your study plan Is updated. You will get more information about this I the fall of 2024.
Relevance
The study will develop the student's ability to fulfil societal tasks related to training, guiding and leading physical activity and sports for children, young people and adults, and athletes at various levels. The study also focuses on today's social challenges with inactivity and obesity on the one hand and early specialization and focus on results in children's and youth sports on the other, which is related to NORD Univ's social mission with sports education.
- The course educates trainers, managers and guidance positions within sport, both in the public and private sectors.
- The study focuses on sustainable performance development in sports and competitive sports.
- The education satisfies the circuit and special associations' requirements for trainers at a higher level, and the student must be able to contribute to the continuous development of best practices within their sport.
Qualify for:
- To plan, implement, and critically evaluate own and others' training and development process
- Coordinator, trainer and sports manager at schools, such as top sports schools, sports clubs and teams
- Coordinator and supervisor in the Sports Circle, Sports Association and Special Association
- Activity manager and trainer/supervisor in the public sector
- Coaches at all age and performance levels, including national teams
Organization
The course is organized online and assembly-based teaching on and off campus
Two gatherings of five days: 1) early September, 2) the end of November, 1 collection of 14 days in May/June, which includes practical testing and exams
There are up to 2 variable work requirements in each subject.
The exam;
2 Oral and 2 written home exams.
Admission will be based on Higher Education Entrance Qualification.
For more information regarding admission requirements and how to apply, please visit this page
During the programme of study, the costs for purchasing books and necessary training and walking equipment must be calculated. The programme's distinctiveness requires the use of various practical learning arenas. Therefore, one must also reckon on transport costs to these practical learning arenas around the Meråker municipality where the campus lies. The students themselves are responsible for transport to practical learning arenas in the Meråker municipality (campus). The faculty's arrangements for reimbursement of transport costs apply to teaching outside the campus/municipality.
This programme is specially designed for top athletes. There is a fee for this special top-level athletic adaptation. The fee covers access to fitness rooms, halls, cross-country trails, roller ski routes as well as access to other facilities associated with the campus. The fee also covers daily training follow-up, follow-up for two sessions and access to test labs including, for example, a special treadmill for skiing, together with video and computer equipment needed for technical analysis. The fee for a top-level sports adaptation is NOK 22 000, - and covers the entire one-year programme (2 semesters).
Students on both studies programs; Sports one year program and Development if Top-level Skills in Sports, only pay the fee once.
