Workbook for coach: Sustainable Nutrition and Sports Coaching for Children (3cr)
Code: XX00DY06-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 19.09.2025 - 15.11.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 27.10.2025 - 14.12.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Physiotherapy
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 100
- Degree programmes
- Free Choice Studies
- Teachers
- Riku Uusi-Jaakkola
- Leena Arjanne
- Scheduling groups
- Avoin AMK (Ei koske tutkinto-opiskelijaa) (Size: 50 . Open UAS : 50.)
- Small groups
- Open UAS (Doesn't apply to degree student)
- Course
- XX00DY06
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Objective
The student knows the physical activity and nutrition recommendations for children and can utilize the contents of these recommendations in their coaching tasks.
The student can describe the physical and psychological capabilities of children and adolescents, as well as the importance of nutrition at different stages of growth and development.
The student recognizes the components of sustainable nutrition for athletic children and adolescents.
The student identifies interaction that can promote a child's willingness to choose a variety of foods for growth, sport-specific development, and recovery.
Content
Science based recommendations for children's exercise and nutrition
Nutrition for athletic children and psychological and physical readiness related to age
Communication promoting nutrition and physical activity at home and in sports
The importance of the coach's interaction in nutrition and sports coaching
Materials
The online sources and recommendations presented during the course, such as those on nutrition and exercise.
Teaching methods
Independent work online
Discussions online
Two tests
Written assignment
Student workload
3 credits means 81 hours of work.
The course is online and is completed independently, so the student can plan their time accordingly.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Pass, the student can:
- Describe the physical and psychological readiness of children at different stages of development and recognize the importance of nutrition in growth and development.
- Identify the areas of sustainable nutrition for athletic children and adolescents.
- Identify food education methods and situations that can promote a child's desire to choose foods diversely for growth, sports-specific development, and recovery.
- Utilize research-based information for their sport's practitioners and bring research findings into practice.
Fail: The student does not pass assignments in the time and does not show the aquired knowledge
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student can:
- Describe the physical and psychological readiness of children at different stages of development and recognize the importance of nutrition in growth and development.
- Identify the areas of sustainable nutrition for athletic children and adolescents.
- Identify food education methods and communication that can promote a child's desire to choose foods diversely for growth, sports-specific development, and recovery.
- Utilize research-based information for their sport's practitioners and bring research findings into practice.