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Gap Year Sports Australia

Take a gap year to Australia and join one of Real Sport Experience's excellent sports training programmes.

Australia is arguably the world's most sporting nation. With its sports institutes and world-class training facilities, Australia is the ultimate destination for a gap year sports programme. Australia has managed to produce some of the best athletes in any sport, with their teams constantly featuring amongst the world's best.

If you have a talent for a sport and wish to develop your skills further or even wish to take up a sport for the first time, a gap year sports programme in Australia is perfect for your plans. Receive training from top coaches and see how far you can develop in your sport.

To learn more about the gap year sports programmes in Australia use the following links:


	Australia - Learn to Sail

A real hands-on experience on board a yacht. Learn or improve your sailing skills on land before living as part of a crew as you cruise around the Whitsunday Islands, with opportunities to snorkel and swim, too.


	Australia Cricket Academy

Sign up to the academy in Sydney and receive training from former internationals, plus the chance to play for local teams. Other activities are included and, because of the programme’s timing, you’ll experience Sydney’s famous New Year celebrations.


	Australia Divemaster Course

A ten-week course in Australia’s Byron Bay that allows total beginners to achieve internationally recognised diving qualifications. Among the bay’s many attractions are leopard sharks, manta rays and turtles.


	Australia Seven Day Scuba Dive Course

Gain a basic diving qualification that allows you to dive all over the world. The course combines theory, dives and a three-day trip around the Great Barrier Reef. Look out for turtles, coral, tropical fish and more!


	Australia Surf and Sun Combo

A blockbuster of a trip that brings together a week of fun activities in Sydney, five days of surfing lessons around Byron Bay and a bus pass so you can create your own route to Cairns.


	Australia Tall Ship Sailing

A never-to-be forgotten cruise on a tall ship around the Great Barrier Reef, with the chance to snorkel, swim and discover the area. Learn the basics of sailing or just relax and soak up the sun.


	Golf Training Academy Australia

Perfect your swing on Australia’s Gold Coast, where you’ll be taught by professionally accredited instructors on top courses, in unBritish weather! Golfers of any standard are welcome and there are ample opportunities to try other outdoor sports.


	Learn to Surf in Australia

Travel the east coast of Australia, learning to ride the waves and living the surfing lifestyle – that means barbies, beach parties and seeing a whole lot of wildlife. A highlight of any gap year!


	Tennis Academy Australia

Improve your tennis stroke on Australia’s Gold Coast. Learn at an academy that pays great attention to detail, and focuses on everything from developing your own style, anticipating opponents’ moves and mental preparation. Perfect for tennis enthusiasts!

Real Sport Experience are the gap year sports specialists. Offering more than 30 programmes in 18 countries, Real Sport Experience can help you with all of your sporting gap year needs. To learn more about the sports volunteer programmes abroad, sports training academies abroad or sports adventure expeditions, use the following links: