Sport & Exercise (Common Entry)

I enrolled at LYIT in 2012 on the Honours Degree course in Sports Coaching and Performance (now known as the BSc (Hons) in Sports Exercise with degree award options: Performance or Physical Education). My career ambition was to work for the FAI and I believed this course would help me achieve that goal. I learned so much throughout my four years at LYIT and also gained a strong relationship with fellow colleagues and tutors alike. I felt that the course had a good mixture of sport, business and science related elements from both a practical and theoretical perspective. I gained valuable coaching badges from a wide range of sports, which was pivotal for my future career. The work experience module was also very valuable - I used the FAI coaching badges that I had gained in the first couple of years, to go out and coach in schools in the Letterkenny area. In addition, the business modules such as Marketing, has proven beneficial in my current role. As the FAI camps Administrative Assistant, I work with 34,000 children, over 1,000 coaches and 500 clubs nationwide as well as working with our camps sponsors, website database operators and logistics company. A lot of these are non-sports related companies therefore the knowledge I gained from our business modules, has been invaluable. In conclusion, LYIT offer sports courses that most definitely have a career pathway and valuable life skills and knowledge.

I found that even though there are thousands of students in LYIT and dozens of different courses there was always lecturers, advice, resources and support available when needed. Within my course, the balance of practical based work and theory has given me not only the knowledge but an added advantage to continue and complete my Masters in Exercise and Nutrition. I could not recommend this course enough to someone interested in this line of study.