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This module will enable you to relate current theory into practice to safeguard and improve athlete development and welfare. The module will provide you with an understanding of athlete needs, stages and transitions and how this can be translated into practice and how you can contribute to the development of safe and effective sporting environments. Consideration of child protection issues, mental health, communication, policy, dual career, political awareness and conflicting demands will be central to this module and you will be encouraged to translate this knowledge and understanding into your own coaching practice. The overarching aim of this module is to provide you with a greater understanding of issues surrounding athlete development that you can use to improve your coaching methodology to become a more effective coach.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Relate to and apply the holistic career model to athletes
LO2: Interpret the influence of important transitional phases on athlete development and welfare (e.g. age, sport type, level, culture and lifestyle)
LO3: Based on best evidence demonstrate an understanding for contemporary issues relating to the safeguarding of athlete welfare (e.g. injury, child protection, mental health, deselection), and their influence on applied practice
LO4: Critically reflect on coach related behaviours which could influence athlete development and welfare