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A COST EFFECTIVE CPD PATHWAY TO BESPOKE POSTGRADUATE ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS FOR SPORTS PRACTITIONERS

To access higher level academic knowledge and qualifications relevant to vocational advancement, coaches and teachers of specific sports need affordable bespoke courses bridging between the courses of the coaching accreditation schemes and sport-specific postgraduate academic courses. The purpose of this project was to establish a model for delivery of on-line continuing professional development (CPD) to coaches and teachers thereby providing a pathway to higher qualifications with direct benefit to their coaching and teaching. The model includes bridging courses delivered on-line that enable participants to enter the diploma level of academic masters programmes with advanced prior learning (APL) status in lieu of the 60 credit points obtained at postgraduate certificate level. This reduces the cost of obtaining a Masters degree by one third

NEW RESEARCH APPROACHES ARE UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERY OF PROPULSIVE MECHANISMS IN SWIMMING

Various explanations regarding how swimmers generate propulsion have been proffered during the last half century, Investigations have been limited by the current technical 'state of the art'. The main limitations have related to the difficulty of directly measuring propulsive and resistive forces and in observing the behaviour of the fluid. The purpose of this presentation is to provide an historical account of how developing methods of analysis are enabling us to unravel the mystery of propulsion in swimming

HOW IS SCIENTIFIC SPORT RESEARCH BEING DISSEMINATED TO COACHES?

The main purpose of this study was to find out how sports scientists are disseminating research findings to sport coaches as a first step towards developing better ways of disseminating information in a ‘coach friendly’ manner. It was deemed important to obtain the perspectives of both sport scientists and coaches and also to investigate the role of emerging techniques of dissemination including the World Wide Web. The use of the World Wide Web was of specific interest since these electronic tools provide search and retrieval abilities beyond anything that can be done with paper, even the best papers are of no use if they can not be located. (Boyce P.B. & Dalterio H. 1996)