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COACH ATHLETICS
If you're more at home
coaching Athletics than in a classroom and you want to make a difference,
coaching Athletics let's you make your mark, and have a
lot of fun in the process! Travellers
now offers an Athletics Coaching placement in Accra, the dynamic capital
city of Ghana!
Athletics in Ghana is a fairly big sport but many schools
lack any proper equipment or grounds to compete on. Travellers has
teamed up with a school that has good facilities and equipment, so we
are able to give the children at the school access to as many different
types of athletic events as possible.
You don't have to have a
great knowledge of Athletics or the rules, but you must be an enthusiastic
person who enjoys coaching Athletics.
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Many children in Ghana don’t have
the opportunity to receive Athletics coaching and training, nor do they know
much about the sport. Ghanaian children generally have natural athletic ability and are strong
runners at a young age, but they lack the opportunity to have professional
coaching. This is where you come in. With
professional Athletics coaching from Travellers volunteers, children will be
able to use their raw talent and put it into use, hopefully providing them with
an opportunity to go on and compete at a high level within Ghana.
As a Travellers Athletics coach, you
will be working at a school in Accra coaching Athletics during P.E. lessons. The
school has the basic Athletics equipment and facilities, a training
field where you will be holding your Athletic lessons, and a cricket
pitch/oval that can be converted into a 400 metre, grassed running track ... with
your help.
We are also are keen to get
volunteers to organize athletic meetings within the school and possibly athletic
meetings between other schools. As there is very little sporting infrastructure
for Athletics in Ghana and not much chance for children compete, we're very
passionate about providing the children of Ghana the opportunity to not only
learn athletics from an experienced coach but also to give them the opportunity
to compete in athletics.
We are also keen to expand this
project to other schools in the area to give as many children the opportunity to
do athletics as possible, but this can only be achieved through volunteer
athletic coaches coming to Ghana to expand the programme.
Below is a list of athletic events that you
as a coach can coach at the school based on there facilities and equipment:
FREE ATHLETIC COACHING
MANUAL AND SUBSCRIPTION TO A COACHING WEBSITE
As a volunteer
Athletics coach with Travellers you have access to a
free Athletics coaching manual written for you specifically for your project.
We have also 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.Although
they deal mainly with soccer, the coaching principles are the same for all
sports and will be helpful for you in teaching any sport. This
excellent resource should hopefully be able to give
you a few tips that will benefit both you and the children that you’ll be
coaching, and enable you to gain the maximum enjoyment from your placement.
If anyone would like to donate any athletics
equipment, or money to buy equipment for the kids, please
contact us. As there is very little equipment in Ghana,
anything, no matter how small, would be highly appreciated.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT:
You don’t have to have a great knowledge of the sport and the rules, but you
must be an enthusiastic person who enjoys coaching the sport and getting
involved.
You don't need any qualifications on this placement, but, you will need to be
fluent in
English, or speak it to a good standard.
Self-reliance, independence
and initiative are highly
appreciated and a sense of humour when the electricity fails, or buses don't
turn up, will help you to make the most of this
wonderful opportunity! Like all our destination
countries, the culture in Ghana is different
to what you're used to. For example, the people are exceptionally
friendly and helpful, with big smiles and a relaxed attitude. On the other
hand, the
living standard falls short of UK or Western standards. And Ghanaian time
is when someone says, "See you at 10.a.m.," - what he really means is, "I'll see
you sometime tomorrow" ... And then he may not turn
up at all.
The pace of life is slower and more relaxed. This must be borne in mind and you are
naturally expected to live within local cultural rules. But
you'll quickly get involved in the daily life
of the local people and pretty soon you'll feel completely at home - Ghana has
that effect on you!
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