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from £995
Football / Soccer Coaching
Ref:
GYC 1172240Countries:
South AfricaDuration:
from 4 weeksor call:
0845 344 7613
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Predominantly aimed at the grass-roots level, this is a great project for anyone interested in working with enthusiastic and often talented young players in a developing country. If you want to experience the beautiful game on a whole new continent, South Africa is a great place to start!
Football in South Africa.
Having been awarded host of the 2010 World Cup (the first African nation to do so), the love for football in South Africa could not be greater, and nowhere more so than in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth (PE). The townships surrounding PE are full of keen, and often talented, young players who dream of being the next Quentin Fortune or Benny McCarthy.
Your Placement
Your focus will be having fun with these kids. Most come from poor backgrounds, which means that what you bring to them in friendship, coaching and life advice will impact on them and their community in a way you will always remember - and so will they! Although the passion never fades, the opportunities to play and develop in a well-structured environment are very limited. However, by working as a football coach in South Africa, you can allow kids to enjoy the fun and serious sides of football through structured training and matches.
We welcome volunteers who enjoy playing or coaching football, be it socially with friends, representing your school, club or university team or even as far as holding coaching qualifications. The emphasis is not on developing Africa's next international football star but about getting alongside children from less-advantaged backgrounds and building friendships over a common ground. It is from here that you will start to give enthusiastic players the chance to play the sport they love in an organised and fun environment. Whatever your background, be assured that you will be able to offer something positive to the children and football projects you work on.
Your Role
Being a football coach in South Africa will mean you are responsible for running and supervising all training and matches for the players. This may sound daunting but you will soon realise that you have an understanding of football that the players are so desperate to gain. The rewards are great because the raw talent is often there, but the experience of a team structure is not. By introducing the basics of team play, movement and position holding, your players will develop rapidly. You will also have solid support from the other volunteers, our in-country staff and local coaches who will give you all the training methods and ideas that you might need. From complicated technical play to friendly 'kick abouts', you will soon develop your own coaching programme, unique to you and your players.
Socialising and Travel
In your time off you will have plenty of opportunities to play football as part of our volunteer sports team where the games and post-match socials are not to be missed! You will live in a shared house with other sports (and non-sports) volunteers and trainees who are keen to explore and make the most of their time in South Africa. Our in-country team can give you advice on where to go and what to do and are keen to show you the best bits of the surrounding area.
Other football options...
Coach football in Ghana, train or coach at a Football Academy in Ghana, coach and train in Ecuador or train, play and coach in Australia!
We have loads more exciting sports opportunities on offer - simply make an enquiry to receive a free brochure.
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