Cricket Performance Management (with Sport Foundation Year) - BSc (Hons)

Cardiff Metropolitan University

**Turn Your Passion for Cricket into a Professional Career.**The Cricket and Performace Management degree at Cardiff Met aims to develop you into a highly skilled, innovative, and industry-ready graduate capable of leading and supporting performance within contemporary cricket environments across participation, academy, professional, and international levels. You will learn how high-performance cricket environments operate while developing the practical skills demanded by professional organisations. You will benefit from Cardiff Met's established relationships with a range of key stakeholders including Glamorgan County Cricket Club. These partnerships provide authentic learning experiences, placement opportunities, guest speakers and professional networking. The degree develops applied learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, technology-enhanced practice, and engagement with cricket organisations and performance environments. A strong emphasis will be placed on translating scientific and management principles into real-world cricket performance solutions. The key strength of the degree is the integration of theory with practice you will not just study cricket performance but also actively analyse it using a range of current performance data. The course stands out for a learning approach, with an embedded placement and direct links to performance environments, enabling you to gain hands-on experience in a variety of performance settings. A strong emphasis is placed on decision-making, leadership, and communication, ensuring you can operate effectively within multidisciplinary support teams. Another defining feature is its alignment with modern high-performance sport, combining technical cricket knowledge with data-driven insights and athlete development principles. This means you are not only knowledgeable about the game but also capable of improving performance in measurable, evidence-based ways. Together, these elements make the degree a focused pathway into professional cricket and the wider sport industry, equipping you with both the practical skills and strategic understanding required in elite performance settings.

Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences