Study Skills for Sports Studies

• What does it take to succeed on a sport studies course at university?
• How should you organise your work alongside your sport?

Starting university can be a daunting prospect, with all students having to get to grips with new ways of working, learning and thinking. Studying sport at university poses particular challenges, with students often engaged in playing or coaching sport alongside their studies and having unconventional working patterns. Study Skills for Sport Studies is the only complete guide to degree-level study to be written specifically for students on sport-related courses, offering tried-and-tested tips and techniques for getting the most out of your degree course and your time at university.

The book covers all the essential components of degree-level study, including:

• Lectures and note-taking
• Effective reading and research
• Writing essays and reports
• Group work
• Oral presentations
• Exam preparation and technique
• Time management
• Critical thinking
• Using on-line resources and social media

Including useful exercises, quick reference guides, and sport-related examples in every chapter, the book also offers invaluable overviews of the university system, of all the sub-disciplines of sport studies, from sociology of sport to exercise science, and of the most common educational pathways for building a career in sport after university. Study Skills for Sport Studies is an essential read for all first year university students on sport-related degree courses, or for anybody thinking about applying to university to study sport.