Welcome American Public University and American Military University students!
The American Sport Education Program (ASEP) is pleased to work with APUS in offering the ASEP Coaching Principles online course to students. Credit can be earned by taking the online course, documenting passing the test, completing written assignments, completing each weekly module, and through regular posting on the discussion board to questions posed each week by your instructor, Brian Freeland, as well as those by ASEP. The ASEP final test must be completed by week 8 of the online class.
Courses are offered continuously at APUS in an eight-week format with new course offerings beginning monthly. Students will have the opportunity to explore the fundamental knowledge of coaching athletics in the twenty-first century. This course will focus on the principles of coaching, behavior, teaching, physical training, and management.
It is recommended that you do a print screen of your final test score for documentation. A minimum of 80 percent is required to pass the test and to be eligible for certification.
To register for online course, just click on the corresponding online course icon in the table below.
Contact Information
Contact: Brian Freeland
Phone: 704-892-3598
E-mail: bfreeland@apus.edu
Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical SkillsThis course will help you learn how to teach the skills and strategies and techniques and tactics of baseball. You’ll learn about approaches to coaching, including the games approach (an alternative to drills-based coaching), you’ll develop a season plan and a series of practice plans; and you’ll improve your ability to coach during games. This course is suitable for high school coaches and for serious club coaches, and college coaches. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Online course suitable for training and certifying high school baseball coaches or for offering as a college course. Advanced youth baseball coaches will also find the course valuable in taking their coaching to the next level. |
Coaching Basketball Technical and Tactical SkillsThis course will help you learn how to teach the skills and strategies, and techniques and tactics of basketball. You’ll learn about approaches to coaching, including the games approach (an alternative to drills-based coaching), you’ll develop a season plan and a series of practice plans; and you’ll improve your ability to coach during games. This course is suitable for high school coaches and for serious club coaches, college coaches, and advanced coaches at the youth level. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Online course suitable for training and certifying high school basketball coaches or for offering as a college course. Advanced youth basketball coaches will also find the course valuable in taking their coaching to the next level. |
Coaching Football Technical and Tactical SkillsThe course is designed to help coaches learn how to teach the technical and tactical skills of football and is suitable for high school coaches, serious club coaches, undergraduate students, and advanced coaches at the youth level. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Online course suitable for training and certifying high school football coaches or for offering as a college course. Advanced youth football coaches will also find the course valuable in taking their coaching to the next level. |
Coaching PrinciplesCoaching Principles covers the fundamentals of being a successful coach. Each year, more than 20,000 high school, club sport, and Olympic coaches take this course to further their professional development and meet certification requirements. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Included in the Coaching Principles registration fee is the textbook Successful Coaching. |
| Instructor-Led Classroom Course With Print Materials | This course is offered in a classroom setting led by certified instructors from ASEP partner organizations. |
Coaching Softball Technical and Tactical SkillsThis course will help you learn how to teach the skills and strategies, and techniques and tactics of softball. You’ll learn about approaches to coaching, including the games approach (an alternative to drills-based coaching), you’ll develop a season plan and a series of practice plans; and you’ll improve your ability to coach during games. This course is suitable for high school coaches and for serious club coaches, college coaches, and advanced coaches at the youth level. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Online course suitable for training and certifying high school softball coaches or for offering as a college course. Advanced youth softball coaches will also find the course valuable in taking their coaching to the next level. |
Coaching Tennis Technical and Tactical SkillsThe American Sport Education Program (ASEP) brings the hard court to your hard drive with Coaching Tennis Technical and Tactical Skills online course, a newly released online course for tennis coaches of athletes 15 and older and those coaching higher-ability players ages 11 to 14. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Online course suitable for training and certifying high school tennis coaches or for offering as a college course. Advanced youth tennis coaches will also find the course valuable in taking their coaching to the next level. |
Sport First Aid - 4th EditionNewly revised and updated, this fourth edition of the course provides coaches and students with clear guidelines on what’s expected of them as first responders, as well as action steps for the care and prevention of more than 110 athletic injuries and illnesses. |
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| Online Course With Print Materials | Your course registration fee includes the 320-page text Sport First Aid, a valuable reference for coaches for years to come. |
| Instructor-Led Classroom Course With Print Materials | This course is offered in a classroom setting led by certified instructors from ASEP partner organizations. |
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