Sports Coaching

Help coach and play rugby with young Ghanaian players at a grass-roots level. There is so much passion for the sport, all they need is your help to try and fulfil their potential through structured training and matches.

Use your skills to help others. On this programme you will have the opportunity to coach some passionate and talented young hockey players in Ghana. Your help will allow these young players to get involved in fun, recreational activities and learn from your knowledge of the sport.

Help Coach and play football with keen young players in a country where the sport borders on religion by assisting with well thought-out training and matches. Encounter Ghana’s other undiscovered marvels including rainforests, golden beaches and some of Africa’s friendliest people!

Give young, enthusiastic players in Ghana the opportunity to develop their basketball skills and knowledge of the game. You will be responsible for organising competitive games as well as training sessions for the players. This rewarding project is a chance to use your knowledge and love of basketball to enrich young Ghanaians lives whilst experiencing a different culture and way of life in this beautiful country.

Take an amazing opportunity to coach Karate, Taekwondo, Judo or Kickboxing and expand your own martial arts skills in Ghana. By coaching martial arts in Ghana you can help develop combat sports across the capital and inspire more young people to get involved.

Take this amazing opportunity to coach netball to young and often gifted players at the townships surrounding Port Elizabeth, also known as “The Friendly City". You will be helping to introducing the basics of the game, run fun training sessions, which will help these children play a sport they love.

Use your football knowledge to help coach these children in a country where football fever is building as it prepares to host the World Cup in June 2010. You will be running coaching sessions, organize tournaments and share your passion for football with African children.

Take this great opportunity to coach hockey to young and often gifted players in a great location. You will be introducing the basics of the game, run fun training sessions, build close friendships with your players and possibly even play for a local team!

Coach young, enthusiastic rugby players in the townships surrounding Port Elizabeth and experience the passion of South African rugby. The players you coach could form the next generation of Springboks and you will also have plenty of time to play rugby against local club teams yourself.

Teach children who often make do with carrier bags for balls and inspire them to play football or take up other sports. You’ll combine much needed sports coaching with academic tuition.

Keep young people off the streets with sports sessions. Coach football, netball, rounders or whatever you fancy – even the simplest drills will fire their enthusiasm! Get involved in successful conservation and construction projects, too.

Put your interest in rugby to good use and develop talent in a country becoming more and more interested in the sport. Coaching is needed at all levels – you could teach beginners or the international team.

Spend your time in Malawi introducing children to community sports and getting involved with community projects. Based in an idyllic but desperately poor country, you’ll make a real difference to young people’s lives.

Sample some of Africa’s exhilarating highlights. Camp in Kruger National Park with the big five, do a volunteer placement in Swaziland and learn to scuba dive in Mozambique. An adventure with a bit of everything!

Immerse yourself in a very different, very welcoming but very poor community and help with academic lessons and sports coaching. Perfect for people wanting to put their interest in a range of sports towards a worthwhile use.

Help with PE lessons in local schools and organise games of football and other sports. Your skills and enthusiasm will inspire underprivileged children who often have to make do with little or no equipment.

Let sport work its magic on enthusiastic but deprived children in Swaziland. Organise sports days and run training sessions in football, tennis, netball and volleyball – or all four. Don’t be surprised if the children mob you!

Eat, sleep and breathe football as you play alongside the champions of South America! Learn the typical Latin tricks of the trade from those who do them best and maybe teach them a thing or two of your own. Combine this football-training programme with a bit of optional coaching to give something back to those less fortunate.

Gain invaluable experience through coaching cricket to children in schools, clubs and townships, under the guidance of the highest level instructors - plus get paid for the privilege! Have the rare opportunity to play local league cricket for a South African side, and practice two evenings a week with your new team mates.

If you like tennis, this is an opportunity to teach it to deprived children in Belo Horizonte. You’ll also learn Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, with time to explore some of the most beautiful areas of Brazil.

Use your love of football to inspire and educate children from disadvantaged backgrounds. You’ll work on a street project or a talent academy, organising training sessions and tournaments, refereeing, advising on tactics and teaching new exercises.

If you’ve ever played or coached Netball and would like to use your skills and knowledge to help improve and develop young talent whilst experiencing an amazing country then this is the programme for you! You will have the opportunity to organise training and matches whilst playing the sport yourself and meeting some fantastic people in this stunning country.

This 11-week programme gives you the chance to gain your Level 1 and 2 instructor qualifications and teach at an intermediate level. You can also opt for an additional week's skiing to complete your programme.

Help to develop badminton within school and clubs in Ghana, West Africa. You will be coaching and playing the sport whilst organising training sessions for young, enthusiastic players. Volunteering on this programme allows youngsters to benefit from your knowledge whilst getting involved in fun, recreational activities.

Train to be a better boxer in Ghana and experience the sport in a totally different culture. You will also have the chance to use your skills and knowledge to coach young fighters with some free time to explore this amazing West African country.

Coach and play tennis in a country where it is just emerging as a sport. Organise fun training sessions and competitive matches for many disadvantaged yet talented children, while also exploring a stunning country in West Africa.