Course overview

This course is designed for people who are already experienced judo coaches and wish to attain their European Judo Union Level 4 performance coach award , this course is a prerequisite for the European Judo Union Level 5 high performance coach award.

The European Judo Union (EJU) provides high quality coaching awards at Levels three - six. Level 4 yields a foundation degree (FdSc) in Sports Coaching, Level 5 a BSc (Hons) in Sports Coaching, and Level 6 an MSc in Italy.

The European Judo Union Performance Coach Award Level 4 is delivered at Anglia Ruskin University through six blocks of two weeks, over a three year period. Students on the Level 4 and 5 courses in Cambridge, are registered at Anglia Ruskin University and have the same benefits as full time students including access to the library, the digital library, the Students' Union, and student support services.

The course utilises experienced staff from Anglia Ruskin's unit for Sport and Exercise Sciences, who cover areas such as physiology, biomechanics, psychology and coaching pedagogy. These experts are supported by judo-specific lecturers and in previous years this has included Professor Emanuela Pierantozzi (twice World Champion and double Olympic medallist), Kenzo Nakamura (World and Olympic Champion), Peter Seisenbacher (double Olympic medallist and World Champion), Kate Howey (double Olympic medallist and World Champion) and Kosei Inoue (Olympic medallist and three times World Champion).

Assessment

Students will be assessed through standard essay writing, presentations, practical coaching and online.

Facilities

9 x 12 dojo
10 x 20 dojo
2 x sports labs
Biomechanical software
Notation analysis software

Associated careers

Judo coach, Judo teacher, Performance analyst, Performance director, sports development.

Links with industry and professional recognition

This course also yields an European Judo Union Level 4 performance coach award and a European Judo Union Level 5 high performance coach award.

Work placements

Student will be expected to be coaching regularly and will be assessed on this.

Entry Requirements:

Judo Foundation degree from Anglia Ruskin University, Judo Coaching Award or Judo competitive experience. Applicants are advised to contact the Admissions Tutor, Kjell Paridon, before completing an application at Kjell.Van-Paridon@anglia.ac.uk. Applications for Advanced Entry may also be considered. Course starts on the 18th March.

Entry requirements listed are for September 2013 entry. Entry requirements for other intakes may differ.

Entry requirements

Judo experience will be assessed on application. There are no formal academic requirements.