Sports Travel

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.

Choose a diving programme to suit you and learn or hone your skills in Florida’s beautiful year round sub-tropic waters. From complete beginners to experienced divers, there is something for all diving enthusiasts on the world’s 3rd largest Barrier Reef.

Master the basics of Kung Fu and it's distinctive styles and techniques. After a few weeks of training, you should be able to break a brick in half with your bare hands!

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.

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!

This Surf Instructor programme is designed to develop your own surfing technique whilst training you to gain qualifications as a Surf Instructor. This demanding course is very rewarding and a great way to start a career in the global Surfing industry.

If you want to find paid work as a Beach Lifeguard in Australia, the UK, South Africa or America then this programme is for you! The training course is located in Sydney and the Gold Coast, two of the best places for lifeguarding and surfing in Australia.

The perfect combination of sport and conservation. Help look after turtle eggs and the baby turtles - not difficult when they’re so sweet! Then learn to surf or improve your technique at a nearby beach.

Learn or improve your scuba diving, live with a local family, help build a marine protected area and enjoy the country’s amazing beaches in a 6-week programme of activities that make for the perfect Fijian experience.

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.

Fiji is an unmatched tropical paradise, with the scuba opportunities there equally unique. We have different scuba course options for you to choose from, depending upon your current diving experience and how far you wish to progress.

Choose a diving programme to suit you and learn or hone your skills in Thailand’s beautiful blue waters. Take the instructor programme and gain the necessary qualifications to work in a scuba diving centre.

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.

With PADI certified courses to suit all levels, learn to scuba dive in the crystal clear Caribbean waters surrounding Utila Island, where you can explore underwater life at one of the top diving destinations in the world.

Experience true Canada as you learn to manage your own team of beautiful traditional huskies through the real Canadian wilderness. You are in for an authentic winter adventure and one not to be forgotten.

Learn the techniques of Muay Thai, discover the culture and language, visit a temple, meditate with Buddhist monks, and lounge on the famous Thai beaches. An excellent, unusual introduction to Thailand, with various project lengths available.

Ride some of the warmest waves in the world, against a backdrop of beautiful sand and a deep blue sky. Suitable for beginners and amateurs, the course includes intensive coaching and unlimited use of a board.

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.

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!

Get the qualifications you need to work as a ski instructor in Europe, North America and Australasia. Ski on the powdery slopes of the Canadian coast, improving your technique and making contacts to help you find work.

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 cricket from the very best in sunny New Zealand, where you’ll follow a personal programme. They’ll be plenty of chances to play in matches and access to training facilities in your free time.

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!

Dive around Koh Tao, develop your media skills and earn money! You’ll be taught to record, edit and produce DVDs of the dive centre’s customers, and then to sell them to the customers.

This early season ski/ snowboard instructor programme gives you a special opportunity to experience Whistler Blackcomb resort in the build up to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games!

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.

Spend 8 weeks in the powder heaven that is Niseko and train to be a skiing or snowboard instructor. With your NZSIA/SBINZ Level 1 Qualification, you will be able to work in ski resorts all over the world and enjoy the fun outdoor lifestyle that this career path includes.

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.

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.

Do something completely different in stunning surroundings – kite surfing! You’ll learn to glide across the waves of the Pacific Ocean and if you wish, you can take language lessons and discover the culture in San José.

Join the Tanzania Street Children Sports Experience to enhance the lives of many Tanzanian orphans and street children in this incredible project. Your efforts will help to promote essential lessons and life-skills and will also give some orphans and street children the opportunity to train and play sports at a much higher level.

Improve your individual and team performances. Experienced coaches, innovative training techniques and a dedicated academy in the home of the All Blacks make it the ideal gap year for any rugby fan!

An action-packed, adrenaline-pumping holiday that will have you kite surfing, learning Spanish, white water rafting, cooking traditional dishes, surfing, dancing the Latino way and more – all amid seriously spectacular scenery!

Learn how to ride and instruct horse-riding Western style! You will gain qualifications in Western Performance Horse Riding in the stunning surroundings of Canada's Laurentian Mountain Range.

Spend 4 weeks in the powder heaven that is Niseko and train for the skiing or snowboard Certificate in Snow-sports Instruction. With your NZSIA/SBINZ CSI Qualification, you will be able to instruct level 1 and 2 beginners and work in resorts in New Zealand and other areas of the world like the US.

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.

Learn the lingo in the mornings with small classes that focus on speaking and understanding. Dance the afternoons away with lessons in Salsa and Chachacha and take part in cultural activities in between.

Gain the qualifications to be a ski or snowboard instructor anywhere in the world. You’ll learn at one of the country’s top resorts, with the chance to give paid lessons there once you’re qualified.

Gain a qualification that will allow you to instruct in North America, Europe and Australasia while honing your skills on the beautiful slopes of Vancouver Island. The perfect start to a career in winter sports! Also available as CASI Level 1 Snowboard Course.

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.

Complete novices can learn and test their skills above one of the world’s most spectacular cities, Rio de Janeiro. You’ll have the chance to climb Sugar Mountain and to explore the sights in your free time.

Learn capoeira, jiu-jitsu and Portuguese while living just minutes from Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Visit a samba school, sunbathe on the beach or admire the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in your free time.

Take an 8-day trip of a lifetime through one of the most spectacular natural features on Earth. You’ll sail on a motorised raft, passing desert scenery and waterfalls and stopping off to explore the sights.

Hike and bike your way around New Zealand, the extreme sports capital of the world, on this ultimate adrenaline fuelled adventure tour. The opportunity to see New Zealand's amazing landscape from a different point of view means it will be an experience you will never forget!

Experience Thailand through a unique combination of activities. Take a PADI scuba diving certificate, trek through jungle and rainforest, stay in a Buddhist temple - a rare privilege for travellers - and get to grips with the Thai language.

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.

Transform your skiing skills through our instructor training programme in Lake Louise. This short course option offers you the chance to work as an instructor after gaining a recognised qualification.

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.