1st4sport
    Level 3
    QN: 603/3337/6
    Curriculum Active

    1st4sport Level 3 Diploma in Sporting Excellence

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by 1st4sport. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 780 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    1st4sport
    Syllabus Units
    19 Units
    Guided Hours
    780 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Communicate effectively with other people to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to communicate effectively with other people, work effectively with other people, and present a positive image of self, own organisation and own sport during public appearances.
    2

    Culture, values and behaviours in a sport pathway

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand the values and culture of the talent and elite sports system and pathway, be able to apply the behaviours, personal and organisational standards required to be successful as an elite sports person, understand and plan how to manage transitions through the pathway, understand how to train and prepare for competition in a healthy, safe and ethical way and understand the types of support and help available to elite performers to prepare for competition in a healthy, safe and ethical way.
    3

    Develop own career in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to plan own sporting career, implement own career plan and manage own finances.
    4

    Develop own nutritional programme to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to contribute to a nutritional programme to improve own performance and implement and review a nutritional programme to improve own performance.
    5

    Develop own physical capability to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to contribute to developing a programme to improve own physical capability, implement a programme to improve own physical capability, apply own physical capability before and during competition and contribute to evaluating own physical performance during competition.
    6

    Develop own psychological skills to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to contribute to developing a programme to improve own psychological skills, implement a programme to improve own psychological skills, apply own psychological skills before and during competition and contribute to evaluating own psychological performance during competition.
    7

    Develop own tactical skills to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to contribute to a programme to improve own tactical skills, implement a programme to improve own tactical skills, apply tactical skills before and during competition and contribute to evaluating own tactical performance during competition.
    8

    Develop own technical skills to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to contribute to a programme to improve own technical skills, implement a programme to improve own technical skills, apply technical skills before and during competition and contribute to evaluating own technical performance during competition.
    9

    Manage own lifestyle to achieve excellence in a sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to plan and manage own sporting commitments and to plan and manage time outside of sport.
    10

    Understanding communication and teamwork to achieve excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand communication skills as an elite athlete, understand how to take part in discussions with other people, understand the importance of good working relationships in sport, understand how to maintain effective working relationships with others, understand how to deal with problems with working relationships, understand how to improve working relationships with other people, understand how an elite athlete presents a positive image of themselves, their organisation and their sport and understand how to handle public appearances.
    11

    Understanding health and safety at training and competition venues

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand health and safety requirements for training and competition venues, understand how to maintain health and safety at training and competition venues, know how to respond to emergencies, understand how to support people who have been involved in an emergency and understand how to report incidents and emergencies.
    12

    Understanding how to develop own career in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand how an elite athlete plans own sporting career, understand how an elite athlete implements and develops a career plan, understand how an elite athlete plans own finances and understand how an elite athlete manages own finances.
    13

    Understanding lifestyle to achieve excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand how an elite athlete plans own sporting commitments, understand how an elite athlete manages own sporting commitments and understand how an elite athlete plans and manages own time outside of sport.
    14

    Understanding nutrition to achieve excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand how an elite athlete can contribute to a nutritional strategy, understand how to implement and review a nutritional strategy for an elite athlete and know about the risks of drugs in own sport.
    15

    Understanding physical capability to achieve excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand the physical demands and capability requirements of an elite athlete’s role in a sport, understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own physical conditioning needs, understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own physical development, understand about injury, injury prevention and recovery in own sport, understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a physical conditioning programme, understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies their physical capability for competition and understand how an elite athlete can improve their physical training through evaluation.
    16

    Understanding psychological skills in relation to excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand the psychological demands of own role in sport, understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own psychological needs, understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own psychological development, understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a programme to improve psychological skills, understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies own psychological skills in competition and understand how an elite athlete can improve own psychological skills further through evaluation.
    17

    Understanding tactical skills to achieve excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand the tactical demands and skill requirements of an elite athlete’s role in sport, understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own tactical needs, understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own tactical development, understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a tactical skills programme, understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies tactical skills for competition and understand how an elite athlete can improve their tactical performance through evaluation.
    18

    Understanding technical skills to achieve excellence in sport

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will understand the technical demands and skill requirements of an elite athlete’s role in sport, understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own technical needs, understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own technical development, understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a technical skills programme, understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies technical skills for competition and understand how an elite athlete can improve their technical performance through evaluation.
    19

    Work in a healthy and safe way at training and competition venues

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • The learner will be able to work in a healthy and safe way at training and competition venues and respond to accidents and emergencies.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/3337/6
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    1st4sport
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Sept 2018