Sports; play coach and volunteer
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| GYC2674 - Total Sports |
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South Africa |
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£1275.00
Please note: The price to take part in this project for 3 months is £1595 |
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Cost Includes: |
The price includes accommodation, food and pickup from airport but does not include flight, insurance, kit or visas |
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Duration: |
1 Months |
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Company Rep Nearby: |
All the time |
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This placement would suit... People who love sport and enjoy working with kids, who are ready to take on a fun challenge!
 If you feel more at home on a pitch than in a classroom and you want to make a difference, a structured and professional coaching placement in this village will certainly allow you to make your mark. And have a lot of fun in the process!
For sports lovers everywhere there is no better way to volunteer then sharing your passion with equally enthusiastic children under the sunny skies of South Africa!
You don’t need any qualifications just a love of sport and an enthusiasm to share what you know. Our new Essential Sports Placement in South Africa combines superb facilities with excellent structure.
Teaching through sports is valuable on many different levels including teaching English, social interaction and increasing confidence and self awareness for the children. Sport promotes a natural feel-good factor and a healthy high. By allowing these children to embrace sports and improve their individual performance you give them direction which will have positive rollover effects on the rest of their life. Sport can help to build community too - get the teachers involved, enable schools to compete against each other, get the parents down to watch!
The school
This placement is based in the Limpopo region in the small town or Giyane. Khanyisa school in South Africa was recently allocated a money grant from the lottery to build and improve their sporting facilities for the children of the school and for the use of children from neighbouring schools which are particularly poor. Khanyisa school is now the proud host of a grand sports complex with an athletic field, huge pool and all the necessary equipment for a fully fledged sporting programme. What the school lacked however was an adequate number of sport coaches, which is where you come in! This is a very special school looking for similar volunteers with compassion and a relaxed personality. Khanyisa school is a community-minded school set in a particularly beautiful location opposite a nature park.
The sports
If you have particular experience, expertise or passion for any sport not listed let us know because it can probably be arranged!
- Football
- Rugby
- Netball
- Hockey
- Basketball
- Swimming
- Gymnastics
- Cricket
- Volleyball
- Athletics
- Tennis
The placement
You will coach at Khanysia Education Center. Khanyisa is by far, the frontrunner in the Limpopo region for their sporting achievements. People with a drive for sport will be warmly welcomed and would also be encouraged to ‘take over’ the logistics of forming teams, and even leagues within the surrounding area’s schools.
The benefits of a sports programme are immeasurable. Through play and interaction you will teach the children social interaction, teamwork, discipline, solidarity, self-confidence, self-reliance, general knowledge, cross-cultural understanding and you will also improve their English and communication skills. The sports placement in South Africa will also aim to unite the teachers, schools, pupils and local community within the passion of sport.
You will see the same children on a regular basis so that both you and they can really get the most out of the training sessions. You will probably coach the same group of children around twice a week.
There will be a good balance between coaching and personal time during your placement and it is most likely that you will coach Monday to Friday for two hours, leaving your evenings and weekends free for travel, relaxation and fun! Of which there is lots to be had in South Africa.
As well as coaching the local children we want to encourage our volunteer coaches to be doing more than that. Below is a list of extra ways that we can make a difference and develop the children into becoming better players.
- If you have any extra expertise in other areas related to sport such as refereeing experience or nutrition these can be used to help educate the children on how to better their game. It is possible to set up theory sessions as well as practical sessions for the kids.
- Using coaching techniques that the children may never have experienced before is another way to develop sporting abilities. By using blackboard sessions to talk about the way the game is played and reviewing either professional matches or recordings of the children’s games we can help educate them in ways that practical coaching can not, to give a greater understanding of the way the game is played. The school has good facilities and you can use video cassettes, computers and other facilities to help you in the classroom setting.
- You may want to organise local tournaments and matches between the schools.
- You may have skills in writing training programmes for the children to make them better players through fitness programmes or skills training.
During the project you will hopefully achieve with the children the following:
- Introduction of the basic skills of the game
- Introduction to the basic rules of the game
Introduction to basic attacking/defensive drills
- Introduction of some basic fitness to prepare them for the season
- Introduce the players to warming up, cooling down and stretching
- Introduce them to teamwork
- At the end of your placement you will write a basic report for each sport you coached at each school identifying key areas. This will be passed on to the next volunteers arriving to ensure a smooth continuity of the programme after you have left.
Accommodation
All volunteers will live together in a house owned by the school which is situated in the residential area of Kremetart, about a 10-minute drive from the school. The house consists of three bedrooms with bunk beds, a bathroom with toilet, a separate shower room, a kitchen and a lounge/diner area with TV. A few of the teachers from the school also live nearby.
In Kremetart there is a basic grocery shop as well as a small local pub with a big screen TV. Other than this, socialising revolves around the many braais - the name for the legendary South African barbeque!
Tennis courts, squash courts, a large outdoor pool, internet, games and many other facilities are available for use at the school for your pleasure! Not to mention the limitless weekend travel opportunities…!
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