• Target level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    STAPS Faculty

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The STAPS Master's degree in Coaching and Optimizing Sports Performance (EOPS) comprises two courses: 

Sciences et Techniques de la Préparation Psychologique et du coaching (PsyCoach)
Préparation Physique et Réathlétisation (PPR)

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Objectives

The aim of the course is to :

  1. equip students with scientific, technological and professional knowledge and skills in the fields of sports psychology, physiology, biology and biomechanics, applied to the design, organization and development :
  • coaching and psychological support in sports (PsyCoach)
  • physical preparation training for reathletization (PPR)

2. train professionals capable of designing, organizing and implementing projects in the fields of mental preparation and sport psychology (PsyCoach) and physical preparation and reathletization (PPR).

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Know-how and skills

On completion of the Master STAPS in EOPS-E3PR, graduates will have the scientific, professional and sporting skills listed in the Référentiel National des Certifications Professionnelles; RNCP32169.

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Program

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Physical preparation and reathletization (PPR)

This course is designed to qualify future physical preparation managers for the federal and private sectors. This course is in line with the policy of the Montpellier Faculty of Sports Science, which offers a complete university education in Sports Training and Physical Preparation. The Languedoc-Roussillon region boasts a number of clubs competing at the highest national and European level in various sporting activities, as well as high-quality sports infrastructures. The UFR itself boasts an indoor sports complex (athletics track, 5 practice rooms including one for weight training) and premises dedicated to research.

  • Know how to design, develop, innovate and manage a physical preparation project in existing or new public or private structures,
  • Provide theoretical and practical knowledge of physical preparation, adapted to the professional level
  • Adapting scientific skills to physical preparation,
  • Familiarize yourself with the technological intelligence of modern assessment tools,
  • Contribute to the implementation of applied research protocols in sports science.

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Sciences and Techniques of Psychological Preparation and Coaching (PsyCoach)

The aim of the "Psychological Preparation and Coaching" Master's degree is to qualify future specialists in mental preparation and coaching for athletes, teams, trainers, sports institutions, etc. The university training provided is designed to enable students to acquire the qualities and theoretical and practical knowledge needed to support and guide - at all levels of preparation and competition - athletes, sports teams or groups of participants, sports institutions and specialized staff, trainers and managers. Psychological preparation and coaching are at the service of sports performance and personal fulfillment, while promoting sporting values and ethics.

The graduate - who has received training centered on sports science, in particular sports psychology and mental coaching - knows how to analyze requests, diagnose the nature of psychological problems, and choose appropriate measures rigorously and ethically.

He/she is able to mobilize different approaches (clinical, cognitive, social psychology, coaching, etc.) using both qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (tests) methods and tools, in order to establish a contract of objectives with the applicant(s), take action and evaluate his/her interventions.

He is called upon to work as a consultant, expert or appraiser.

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Admission

Target audience

Students with a sports training degree or equivalent.

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Mandatory prerequisites

Licence STAPS Entrainement Sportif or equivalent (VAE/VAP)

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And then

Further studies

Doctoral studies are also possible.

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