12 ECTS credits
306 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4022651ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
The internship counts a minimum of 90h that need to be performed in a sportsclub of the chosen sport specialisation. This internship should take place in the highest divisions of the youth (min. 30% of the hours) and of the seniors (min 30% of the hours). Target groups can be discussed with the primary instructor depending on the chosen sport. A permant internship in one of both target groups at 2 trainings a week during 1 season is obliged and counts for 30h. The club of the internship is approved by the titular and the local mentor needs to have at least the trainer A degree of the VTS. Each internship will start with 5 hours observation of each trainer (mentor). A 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 chosen sportclubs are preferably not the same clubs as in the Professional internship TC 1. International internship is strongly encouraged.
Furthermore their are Capita Selecta. In this part internationally recognized coaches with (inter-)national expertise will share their knowledge.
A report is made of all capita selecta presentations. We suggest to try their tips in your internship and we like to write down your experiences in the internship workbook in the form of your reflection reports.
Finally an internship of minimally 40h needs to be performed in the sports federation. It will let you experience the way of working of the federation. Preferably you will also give training at the "topsportschool" (if present) or you will organise/guide a training camp for the elite youth or seniors. These experiences with a critical reflections needs to be incorporated in the workbook as well.
The coordination of this internship will be done by the VTS liaison officer Yannick Prévost.
Contact him in time, at start of the first semester.
He will point out an internal guide for you en together with you a club for the internship will be chosen.
For all capita selecta sessions presence is obliged. In case of an invalid absence, you will be refused to participate to the exams in both the first and second exam period and you will get a score of 0/20 in both exam periods.
International internship is strongly encouraged. Participation in international internship is a valid reason for not attending a Capita Selecta session.
The workbook you make needs to incorporate all your work that you have done in your master concerning your particular sport so it can serve as your personal portfolio for the future.
Students have knowledge of
- The didactical 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
- 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
- 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.
Studentds posses the attitude to
- promote a healthy and sportive lifestyle
- take initiative and responsibility in a class situation
- practice sports on a regular basis and maintain and improve their own basic condition
- learn with an open mind and eagerness to learn mentality and accept criticism and corrections
- learn from his/her 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
- use a critical scientific mentality to constantly dare to put question marks to yourself and to the acquired/used technical, tactical, methodic, didactic principles
- in general: being an example for the students
Additionally you should reach all the competences of the trainer A as described in the generic competence grid of the VTS.
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:
- Evaluation report of the mentor: 20%
- Evaluation report of the intern guide and/or Sporttechnical, didactical and methodical theoretic exam (depending if a VTS course is followed): 20%
- Evaluation report of the control of the internship: 20%
- Evaluation of the workbook incl. the reports of the Capita Selecta: 20%
- Presentation of your internship experiences: 20%
This offer is part of the following study plans:
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: Sports Training and Coaching Profile Profile Research (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Sports Training and Coaching Profile Profile Education (only offered in Dutch)