6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4022650DNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.
The internship counts a minimum of 100h and is divided in 2 parts:
1) refresher training for a minimum of 5 hours. Ask first for an agreement from the internship team.
2) internship in one or more sportclubs/federations, which should be performance oriented, and can be done in different sport disciplines and scientific areas such as technical improvement, tactics, sports psychology, physical coaching, .... Each internship will start with 5 hours observation of each trainer (mentor). An observation summary has to be made. One should guide the training sessions but needs also to coach in the competition. From all actions reports need to be wriiten with own reflection as a central theme.
The coordination of this internship will be done by the VTS liaison officer. Contact this person in time to point out an internal guide for you and together with you a club for the internship will be chosen.
Students have knowledge of
- The didactic principles
- The detailed technical (and tactical) aspects of the sport of choice
- The detailed methodic progressions of the technical (and tactical) aspects of the sport of choice
-The content of a sport specific course preparation and long term planning
- The detailed application of scientific results (e.g. from physiology, biomechanics, psychology) in the sport of choice
Students are able to
-Give the lead in didactic settings (21st century skills)
- Use the correct didactic techniques on the level of high level athletes
- Participate in club/federation organization concerning long term planning, month planning, and course planning
- Plan, organize and evaluate situations where you have to give the lead (21st century skills)
- Prepare a course plan according the actual rules
- Critically evaluate and correct the own courses
- Detect and correct errors on club and (youth) top sport level.
- promote a healthy and sportive lifestyle
- take initiative and responsibility in a class situation (21st century skills)
- to learn with an open mind and eagerness to learn mentality and accept criticism and corrections
- learn from his own mistakes, learn to self detect them and specifically work on them.
- help others by making one's own proven specialties available
- communicate in a polite and exemplary way- comply with appointments in a punctual way (21st century skills)
- use a critical scientific mentality to constantly dare to put question marks to yourself and to the acquired/used technical, tactical, methodic, didactic principles (21st century skills)
Students posses the attitude to
- in general: being an example for the students/athletes
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Internship determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the SELF Internship category, the following assignments need to be completed:
in case of incomplete parts of the intership (refresher courses/club internship(s)), the student cannot participate to the exam and a 0/20 will be the final score.
- Evaluation report of the mentor and the intern guide: 20%
- Evaluation of the workbook: 60%
- Presentation of your internship experiences: 20%
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Teaching in Physical Education: standaard traject (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting fysieke activiteit, fitheid en gezondheid - profiel sporttraining en coaching (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting sporttraining en coaching - profiel fysieke activiteit, fitheid en gezondheid (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting sporttraining en coaching - profiel sportbeleid en sportmanagement (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Afstudeerrichting sportbeleid en sportmanagement - profiel sporttraining en coaching (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Sports Training and Coaching Profile Profile Specialisation Training and Coaching (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Sports Training and Coaching Profile Profile Education (only offered in Dutch)