SPRT302-26S1 (D) Semester One 2026 (Distance)

Skill Acquisition in Sport

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 May 2026

Description

Research led but grounded in practice, this course engages students with some of the most recent and cutting edge developments in sport coaching that have sought to apply the wide range of benefits evident in athlete-centred approaches to coaching team sports to individual sports and coaching other physical activities. It engages students with approaches to applying the holistic and humanistic pedagogical principles of athlete centred coaching in team games such as Game Sense to individual, technique-intensive sports such as swimming and athletics. Specifically, it draws on the concept of Positive Pedagogy informed by the pedagogical features of Game Sense adapted to individual sports, Positive Psychology and the work on positive approaches to promoting health and well-being. It engages students with the most recent developments in this field while providing experience through practical sessions as learners and coaches with assessment structured around reflections on this experience informed by the literature.

Prerequisites

Any 60 points at 200 level from any subject, or
any 45 points at 200 level from SPCO or SPRT.

Restrictions

SPCO302

Equivalent Courses

SPCO302

Timetable Note

Workshop occurrence 01, & 02 will run, 03 occurrence is not likely to run, so please do not rely on this workshop time, instead plan for either 01 or 02, depending on your other courses timetable.

Course Coordinator

Sarah-Kate Millar

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Application of theory to learning a new skill 26 Mar 2026 35%
Coaching Session Plan & Video 25 May 2026 30%
Reflection on Designed and Coached Session Plan 04 Jun 2026 35%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,099.00

International fee $5,388.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All SPRT302 Occurrences

  • SPRT302-26S1 (C) Semester One 2026
  • SPRT302-26S1 (D) Semester One 2026 (Distance)