Sports is the ultimate driving force that you have? Be it football, rugby or hockey – your passion for the sport can pave a way to your next abroad trip! Yes – you read it right. You can now take up a sports coaching campaign in any of the developing nations to get up close with school children and inspire them to take that up as a future perspective in their career.

Are you fond of sport and adventure? You’re in the right place in that matter. Sporting opportunities give you the scope to travel the world and combine your love of sport at the same time. Travel with fellow like-minded people and you could see yourself on a volunteer sports coaching project in Africa, Asia or South America or getting qualified as a ski or snowboard instructor in Canada. And if that is not satisfactory and you fancy taking your sport and your skills to the next level then there are even wide ranges of playing and training opportunities abroad.

You don’t need to be a qualified coach. You don’t need to be a pro-sports star. You just need bags of enthusiasm and to be passionate about the sport.

On top of this one can also be benefitted by programs and campaigns dealing with sports psychology, sports physiotherapy, sports management and sports film-making and media production.

Sports trips are often perfect for gap years, student holidays, internship and elective experience, work experience abroad, summer vacations, career breaks and volunteer holidays abroad. These programs contain an extensive range of sports on offer including football, soccer, rugby, cricket, hockey, netball, basketball, tennis, boxing, golf, baseball, martial arts, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, swimming, athletics, snowboarding, skiing, water-sports and more.

Sporting opportunities also organize tailor-made sports tours for schools, universities and club teams that allow you to play sports overseas as well as volunteer on sports projects in the local community.

There are few things more fun and fulfilling for a sports enthusiast than sharing their knowledge and expertise with a new generation and helping to promote the future of their favourite sport. It is a proven fact that sport can be used as a tool for development, empowerment and teaching core life skills!

Sports coaching not only benefits the kids you share your skills with but also plays a key role in your own personal development in sport. The characteristics and traits of a good sports coach can be developed over-time, even if this means stepping out of your comfort zone and putting yourself out there. On a sport coaching placement or project abroad your personal skill set will develop drastically, with increased confidence with public speaking and meeting new people, your teamwork skills will amplify, and you will become more open-minded to the cultures and customs of sport in other countries.

With a wide range of sports coaching opportunities in all your favourite sports; football, rugby, cricket, hockey, netball, basketball, tennis and much more; you are bound to find a coaching trip that suits your coaching style and travel plans. Ever considered coaching tennis in an academy in Buenos Aires, or coaching Rugby to the national rugby team on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. Pick up an instructors qualification on the slopes of Canada, and coach kids to ski around the world, or visit the captivating Indian sub-continent and share your cricketing skills with the kids from the deprived slum communities.

There are sports coaching opportunities in some of the world’s top travel destinations, so if you are a budding sports coach, or looking to start your career in sports coaching, then look no further than a sport coaching volunteer project or placement.

Higher Level Sports Coaching

This not only caters to people looking to start their coaching career but also helps those with valuable coaching experience and professional qualifications to find higher level coaching positions in schools and sports clubs around the world. From premier clubs to national teams, there are ample opportunities in various national sports associations, giving you a more established coach the amazing opportunity to progress your coaching talent and build up some vital overseas experience working with top athletes and professional coaches.

Do you enjoy following sports? Do you consider yourself adventurous? Taking a gap year to coach sports abroad will offer you a once in a lifetime experience to be a part of a team. Aside from gaining teaching skills and learning game strategy, sports coaching will also help you grow your business and social skills.

Coaches are confronted with a variety of challenges every day. Most of the job revolves around training amateurs to compete in a sport, either individually or on a team. Although difficult, coaching is also one of the most rewarding job experiences, not only for the coach but for the players themselves too. By playing sports, kids learn the importance of perseverance, gain confidence, stay healthy, and most importantly, have fun. Inspire students and share your passions with them by becoming their new sports coach!

Varying Responsibilities at different projects include:

• Taking sports lessons with students, usual sports include football/soccer, badminton, Basketball, handball, artistic gym, athletics, rugby, and hockey
• Work is in conjunction with schools thus coaching hours directly depend on sports period time in Schools. Take regular classes at other times
• Volunteers get to mentor and encourage kids for different sports and outdoor activities and possibly make a future out of it

So the time has come to put your sports enthusiasm and coaching skills to test. What better way can you ask for than taking up this challenge on an international level and work and play with students and young adults from a foreign nation and in a foreign set-up.