Sport
With experienced professional players and coaches to teach you in fantastic leisure facilities you will join a winning team at Dearne Valley College.
Some of our sports tutors perform and coach at regional, national and international level, while others have experience as managers in the leisure industry, and as personal trainers and health professionals.
Our facilities include an on-site sports and fitness centre which includes multisport cages and AstroTurf pitches, and the Manvers boathouse and lake with access to activities such as canoeing, open-water swimming, mountain biking, orienteering, windsurfing, sailing and raft building.
Equipment and technology also include a sports GPS system, timing gates and HI Cam Telescopic Mast Filming Systems used to measure and analyse fitness and performance.
As a sport student you will gain skills and knowledge in sport, nutrition, anatomy and physiology, fitness testing, leadership and much more, with potential career opportunities to follow including sports therapy, coaching, personal training and sports nutrition.
We also offer sport courses delivered by qualified teaching staff at Rotherham United Community Sports Trust in the Goal Zone at the club’s New York Stadium.
