Coaching and Youth Sport Development department
The Coaching and Youth Sport Development department is part of sport and recreation at AUT.
Our coaching and youth development programmes are designed to enhance students’ applied knowledge of sport coaching, coach education/development, skill acquisition, sport psychology and performance analysis, with a strong focus on youth.
Undergraduate study in coaching and youth sport development will give you a solid grounding in this area.
The Coaching and Youth Sport Development department offers a range of postgraduate degrees:
Staff in the Coaching and Youth Sport Development department
Research in sport and recreation
We believe in high-quality research that has impact, and have world-class researchers and research strengths across sport and recreation.
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We work closely with a large number of national and regional sporting organisations, regional sports trusts, and disability sport organisations.
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Associate Professor Kirsten Spencer
Head of Department
Coaching and Youth Sport Development
