Free Online Courses

You can search these free courses by course title. You can also search for OpenLearn courses associated with an Open University course by searching for the course code.

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Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

This free course investigates the science behind recovery exploring the physiological processes involved in training and recovery.

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

This free course helps you to answer questions on the relevant healthy eating issues..

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

The course focuses on the mental health and wellbeing of babies and young children (aged 0–8 years), and its importance.

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

This free course addresses the problem of sports science research traditionally being male dominated.

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

In this free course, strength and conditioning and endurance is explored.

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

In this free course you will explore two aspects of strength and conditioning in sport and fitness: speed and power.

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

This course will help you understand the journey an athlete undertakes during their career, whether as a professional or recreational athlete, and the nature of support they may need at different times.

The business of football

This interactive course investigates the nature of the English football business.

Comms and working relationships in sport and fitness

n this free course you will boost your ability to vary your communication approach according to the situation and the needs of the people involved.

Developing resilience in sport

This free course explores how the concept of resilience can support athletes on their athletic development journey.

Children’s perspectives on play

In this free course you are asked to put yourself in the place of young children and to think about their view of play and their reasons for playing.

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

This free course introduces you to the benefits and complexities of developing and supporting a diverse and inclusive programme.

Introduction to adolescent mental health

This course aims to provide you with the tools to explore different approaches which will help you reflect on the ways that you can identify a young person who is struggling and consider how they can access support.

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

In this free course you will explore the influence of coaching and psychology through the lens of sports people and teams who have been successful.

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

In this free course you will meet a number of sports people who have become successful in their sport and others who have suffered psychologically and fallen out of love with their sport

Atingi

This Africa-based website is host for the GIZ's sports for development(S4D) and other online courses.

The GIZ has been one of the largest supporters of the S4D sector and provides many excellent tools that SSF has drawn on in the past to help build its own tools.

Intro to S4D

This course introduces the basic concepts of sport for development by differentiating between sport development and S4D, listing the skills of an S4D facilitator, showing you how to structure a training session following the S4D approach.

Disability rights

The course is relevant to anyone who wants to learn more about the current normative frameworks and disability policies driving disability inclusive development in Africa and how local and international partners can collaborate in promoting disability rights and inclusive development. 

Mental Health and Well-Being

This course discusses how to manage your feelings when you feel stress, anxious and depressed.