PSY 649 - Developing Sport Team Leaders

Credit Hours: 1

This course delivers leadership, team processes, and motivation principles to help coaches develop the leadership skills of sport team athletes. This course aligns sport program goals with educational goals by utilizing athletic settings to promote skills that student-athletes can apply on sport teams and in other group settings. Coaches will learn how to set specific leadership goals with team leader-athletes and will learn concrete and constructive ways to mentor leader-athletes. Coaches will use course principles to construct a plan for developing sport team leaders and for making “team leadership” a core team value. May be taught concurrently with PSY 555. Cannot receive credit for both PSY 555 and PSY 649.

Lecture Contact Hours: 1

Typically Offered: Demand