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GYC3400 - Total Sports Knysna Country: South Africa Cost: £725.00 Please note: £125.00 Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, food, kit, pickup from airport and visas but does not include flight or insurance       Duration: 2 weeks (this placement can be extended on request) Company Rep Nearby: Daily 0845 344 7585 or

 

	This placement would suit... some one who is passionate about sports and is looking to coach and play one sport or a variety of sports and possible get involved in a sports management/development role if they are intersted THIS IS A "TOTAL SPORTS" PROJECT AS WELL AS A "COACH AND PLAY" PROJECT. Coach and play one or more different sports, the choice is yours. This is a serious Sports Coaching project working with a number of well-equipped schools --- but you'll also have the opportunity to work with children from disadvantaged communities as well. This project is quite unique in that you can teach many types of sports, and one of the schools we work with has outreach programmes in the local disadvantaged sections of the community. You don't need any qualifications to do this project, just knowledge of sports and lots of enthusiasm. About your work: This project allows you to coach and play a variety of sports. During the day time you will be coaching sports at one of the schools we work with acting as the assistant sports teacher where you will coaching a variety of different aged children who are between 6 - 13 but if you wish to coach older children that can be arranged. You will be coaching at the school from around 10 - 2. From 2 - 5 you will be able to coach the school sports teams after school. The schools we work with are the more privileged schools in Knysna. They have excellent facilities and offer a wide range of sports to there students. On this project you have a number of choices in terms of your work. We work with three schools in total on this placement and depending on your skills and interests we will place you at a specific school as each school offers different sports. Two of the schools we work with offer you the opportunity to coach full time alongside the existing sports teacher at the school. The other school we work with is not a normal school in the sense of lessons it provides after school coaching for the boys and girls in the area of Knysna and works closely with the children from the underprivileged community. The more privileged children pay for the after school sports program which funds the school but the school offer free coaching and opportunities to play sport for those who can not fund it themselves which is mainly the local township children. If you wish to get involved in a sports management/development role on this placement as part of a work experience placement for university or college as well as coaching for a few hours rather than coaching sports full time you will have the opportunity to work at the sports school in the day time. The sports School was established in 1992 as a sports promotional tool for the previously disadvantaged community. The school's motto is ‘To Play for the sake of the game’ The School has excellent facilities, including a pavilion, cricket and hockey ground. The school provide after school coaching and operate as a business during the day time organising sporting events and coaching schedules etc. If you wish to get involved in the sports management aspect of this project then you'll be involved in a number of different activities during the day before your coaching starts at 2. A typical day will consist of undertaking the administration and management of the sports school, which includes, for example: organising monthly sports festivals at the Sports School - schools from all over the country come to Knysna to take part in these festivals organising matches for overseas touring sports teams sports facility maintenance general paperwork and administration organising matches between schools and clubs. Types of Sports Available to Coach: As a Travellers Sports Coach in Knysna, you might find yourself involved in any number of sports. If there is a specific sport you wish to coach please let us know and we can arrange for you to be at the school that offer that particular sport as each schools sport program varies. Please be aware that each sport is played in a particular term (see below for details). Below is a list of sports on offer to coach: Athletics, Archery, Biathlon, Bowls, Cricket, Cross Country, Cycling, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Waterpolo, You can chose to coach one or more different sports and you can do a placement for any length of time, from two weeks upwards. The sports are divided by season and are as follows: Sports : Athletics, Archery, Biathlon, Bowls, Cross Country, Cycling, Cricket, Golf, Gymnastics, Tennis, Swimming, Waterpolo. Dates: Terms 1 & 4 summer (October - April) Sports: Archery, Bowls, Cross Country, Cycling, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Squash, Tennis. Dates: Term 2 & 3 Winter (April - September) Playing sport: As well as coaching sports, you'll also have the chance to train and possibly play sport with the sport school if you're considered good enough. The sports school has mens/senior teams in a number of sports. If you'd like to compete and train in your sport, the dates for the different sports sessions are given below: Bowls: Winter (April - September) Cricket: Summer (October - April) Tennis: April - end of May Squash: April - mid September/ SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 2008: Dates for the 2008 school terms (semesters) are given below. 1st Term 9 January to 20 March 2nd Term 14 April to 20 June 3rd Term 14 July to 26 September 4th Term 6 October to 5 December Coaching is not available during school holidays, so if you're planning to participate in a placement, please take the above school term dates into account when planning the timing of your project. On the other hand, if a holiday falls during your proposed placement, you could use this time to do any independent traveling and sightseeing. FREE COACHING MANUALS AND SUBSCRIPTION TO COACHING WEBSITE As a volunteer sports coach with Travellers, we provide you with a large number of coaching manuals for your placement. We also have arranged for you to get a year’s free subscription to a Coaching website: www.grassrootscoaching.com. 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 more than likely live in one of our volunteer houses with other Travellers volunteers. You will either have your own room or will share a room with one or more other Travellers volunteers. It will depend on how many people are there at the same time that you are. These are comfortable houses with good facilities and most have a beautiful view of Knysna Lagoon. Your meals are all provided.There are several good, inexpensive steak houses and lots of good Chinese, Italian and other ethnic restaurants. With local beer costing only 50p and coca cola 30p a good night out is cheap (at time of writing). With the current favourable exchange rate of about 13 Rands (R13) to the pound, your spending money goes a long way! (Prices given are correct at time of writing, but please check before departure.) "Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put into making this a fantastic stay for us. We will never forget this experience!" Cat Dunlop and Liz Lunn 0845 344 7585 Travellers Worldwide: Live and work abroad helping children, adults, animals and entire communities in less advantaged countries. Learn about their culture from the inside! Stay from as little as two weeks to as long as one year - you choose your dates and duration!