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Apr 16, 2024
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COED 6050 - Coaching Athletes with Disabilities
This course explores theoretical components and contextual environments for coaching athletes with disabilities. Students examine the historical evolution of participation, competition, coaching practices, and inclusion of athletes with disabilities within diverse contexts of physical activity and sport.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the historical foundations, legislation, theories, and philosophies impacting people with disabilities.
- Students will be able to identify definitions, characteristics, etiological factors, and contraindicated activities of specific disabilities pertaining to coaching and sport contexts.
- Students will be able to analyze the participant-related, task-related and contextual barriers impacting inclusion of athletes with disabilities in physical activity and sport.
- Students will be able to differentiate sport organizations, classification requirements and integration spectrums for athletes with disabilities.
- Students will be able to critically reflect on evidence-based coaching practices for high performance disability sport, elite sport development and Paralympic Games.
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