Combine your practical experiences from your training and coaching environments with the academic study of the factors that influence high performance sport. <br>You'll integrate the study of high performance sport with your own experience as an athlete, coach or practitioner. You'll develop skills and knowledge in athlete training, competition and contemporary sports performance issues. You'll explore a wide range of sports performance subjects and examine how these disciplines are integrated across a diverse range of sporting contexts. From the start of the course, you will explore fundamental sport and research topics. You'll gain a wide range of study skills to prepare you for a variety of sport-related careers. It will appeal if you're performing at a high standard in your chosen sport. The course attracts athletes and professional players (sometimes retired) who are considering academic study to support future career aspirations. In your first and second years you'll gain an in-depth understanding of sports performance through exploring a broad set of academic disciplines such as physiology, psychology, sport coaching and development, whilst developing knowledge in areas such as training principles, sport career transitions, performance analysis, and strength and conditioning. On completion of the foundation degree at the required academic standard, you may progress to the one-year BSc (Hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Work-based Learning) course. You'll build on the expertise acquired from earlier study and develop the analytical and reflective skills valued by employers. You will be further challenged and inspired to think critically about sports performance and you will carry out a year-long project.