Type and name of programme:
Bachelor’s university study programme Sports Training.
Professional title:
Professional title gained in the study programme: BACHELOR OF SPORTS TRAINING (UNIVERSITY). Abbreviated title BST.
Duration of the programme:
The programme lasts for 6 semesters (3 years) and totals 180 CP.
Definition of the basic aims of the programme:
- Education of trainers for the needs of top sport at all levels
- Education of sports trainers for the needs of the service sector.
General competences gained in the course of the programme:
- Ability to work in a team and communicate well
- Flexible use of knowledge in practice
- Use of general pedagogic strategies of action
- Knowledge and understanding of developmental principles, differences and needs of an individual
- Understanding of individual values and value systems
- Knowledge of ethics and codices of the professional field
- General organizational abilities
- Knowledge and understanding of institutional frameworks of work (demands, legislation, documentation needs, legal aspects of work in sport)
- IT literacy
- Communication in foreign language
- Knowledge of first aid
Course-specific competences gained in the course of the programme:
- Understanding of anthropological and kinesiological bases of sport
- Knowledge of health aspects of sport
- Knowledge of physiological aspects of sport
- Knowledge of basic biomechanical aspects of sport
- Use of theoretical concepts of sports practice
- Use and understanding of the organization of sport
- Sensitivity to and openness towards people, taking account of social circumstances of sport
- Mastering sports knowledge, skills and competitive experiences of the chosen sports discipline
- Ability to plan, organize, carry out and control sports training
- Knowledge about athletes and their developmental characteristics
- Knowledge of pedagogic and didactic aspects of the process of sports practice
- Mastering suitable diagnostic procedures in the professional area
- Understanding and use of the rules of judging in the chosen sports discipline
- Understanding and mastering the development of sport
- Knowledge of water rescue
- Understanding of competitive systems and ability to organize competitions
- Ability to communicate and lead athletes and teams
- Cooperation and communication with athletes’ parents, officials, referees, agents, media