ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
STAPS Faculty
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The objective of the Master's degree in "Psychological Preparation and Coaching" is to qualify future specialists in mental preparation and coaching for athletes, teams, trainers, sports institutions, etc. The university training provided aims to acquire the qualities, theoretical and practical knowledge to be able to accompany and guide - at all levels of preparation and competition - athletes, sports teams or groups of practitioners, sports institutions and specialized staff, trainers and management. Psychological preparation and coaching are at the service of sports performance and personal fulfillment in the promotion of sports values and ethics.
The graduate - who has received a training focused on sports science, in particular sports psychology and mental coaching - knows how to analyze requests, diagnose the nature of psychological problems, and choose the appropriate measures with rigor and ethics.
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), to act and to evaluate his/her interventions.
He is called upon to work in consulting, expertise or evaluation.