Coach football in Southern India

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Children in India are wonderful to teach and incredibly enthusiastic about learning sport. Although for the vast majority coaching won’t have a direct impact on their lives; indirectly it has immeasurable effects. Personality changes, health awareness, increased confidence and social skills are all benefits from the coaching they receive.

Travellers work with different types of schools and/or sports clubs: some are well off, private schools but most are public schools and usually very poor. We also work with schools and/or sports clubs which are solely for children who cannot pay to go to school. Most schools have some basic facilities, such as football and cricket fields, and general teaching aids and equipment. Others are very poor and lacking in facilities. Although materials and resources may be scarce, the enthusiasm of the students and colleagues more than makes up for any hardships.

The placement

Coaching is usually done in three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, at three different venues. You may work in secondary and primary schools and you will normally help out with all age groups. At the end of our previous volunteers' project, the three teams played for trophies and cups, which were given to the Best Team and to the Best Player.

During the school holidays, we hold classes for about 60 to 80 children in Summer Camps and our Teaching volunteers hold informal classes. These Summer Camps actually take place in the school grounds and are an opportunity to give more informal lessons, perhaps combining them with playing a sport or putting together a music concert or play – much more relaxed and not quite so structured. Alternatively, you can use the holidays to tour around the country and sightsee. Coaching is available all year round, except during the examination periods. Please ask for details.

Sports Clubs are for students aged 10 – 20 years of age and are for the football students from various schools in the area. Because most schools do not have the facilities to hold sports on their grounds they arrange for the students to participate in sports before and after school hours at these sports clubs. Coaching is held in the mornings from 6am – 8am and in the afternoon from 4pm – 6pm. You will also need to integrate teaching in schools from late afternoon onwards, but some schools may arrange for specific football lessons at their school throughout the day.

You will generally be asked to help out with any age groups, and you are, in fact, very likely to be in popular demand everywhere. The Principal / sports director and / or relevant teachers at the school and / or sports clubs will liaise with you about your coaching assignments. Our Organiser Pradeep Kumar will also be happy to assist you where necessary.

Free subscription to coaching website

As a volunteer sports coach with Travellers, we have arranged for you to get a year’s free subscription to a Coaching website. With this membership (which normally comes with a price tag of £39.99), you automatically become a member of the International Coaches Association (ICA) and join a community of coaches from over 65 countries.

Accommodation: 

You will most likely share a Travellers house with other volunteers and you may share a room with up to 3 other volunteers.  The house is very nice, with marbled tiled floors, verandas back and front and a rooftop patio/garden. It has mod cons and facilities, including some en-suite bathrooms, showers and Western toilets. There is a communal lounge with TV.

Food:

Your food will be prepared for you, but there may be occasional days when you'll need to prepare your own meals (on the cook's day off, for example). Food is a mixture of Western and local meals and includes fruit, fruit juice, etc. You'll also have access to the kitchen if you want to make snacks or drinks.

It is possible that you may be assigned to guest house accommodation, or live with a host family, or possibly live on the school premises, usually in a fairly basic but clean and comfortable room with bathroom attached. It depends on how many volunteers are there at the same time as you, where you're placed and with which school. Wherever, you live, you will be well looked after.

Travellers' placements are very flexible & can be combined with any other Travellers placement & tailor made to your own requirements!