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COACH AND PLAY HOCKEY IN AUCKLAND
Hockey is one of New Zealand's biggest sports. They are
ranked as one of the best hockey nations in the world. This project
gives you the opportunity to get involved at Club level where you can
coach, train and play the sport, and also at school level where you can
use your skills to coach a variety of sports to children of all ages and backgrounds, including
Maori children and some from the South Pacific Islands and other parts
of the world.
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►SUMMARY
FACTFILE |
| Start Dates |
All year round - you choose your
start and finish dates! Placements may be subject to school terms
and sports seasons |
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Duration |
From 4
weeks to 1 year, subject to visa requirements.
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| Requirements |
No
qualifications or experience required, but you must have a very good
knowledge of your sport and lots of enthusiasm!. |
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Price |
From
£1,395 for 4 weeks, ranging to £2,395 for 12 weeks.
Full Price List |
| What's included |
►Accommodation
►Food (excluding
lunch)
►Meeting you at the Airport
►Transfer to your accommodation
►Full
pre-departure support
►Local in-country team support and backup
►24-hr emergency
support
►2 free T-shirts. |
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What's not included |
Flights, Insurance,
Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and
assistance), Transport to and from your
project, Return transfer to the airport. |
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Who can do this Project? |
All projects are
open to all nationalities. You need to be 18 or over to participate in this
project |
PROJECT OVERVIEW
This project provides you with a diverse experience in that your
activities will take place in two locations and will also give you the
opportunity to coach other sports as well:
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You'll spend your afternoons and evenings coaching
and/or training at a Hockey Club in Auckland.
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During the mornings and early afternoons, for about 4-5 hours
every day, you'll bring very welcome
sports coaching skills in the School Sports project. This project takes place in a school in one of the suburbs
of Auckland and here you'll coach hockey plus a variety of other sports to children
from the Maori community and other countries.
You'll work with a variety of ages at the club and during the
weekend you will have an opportunity to compete yourself and test your abilities
against the Kiwis! The club we work with has a very lively social
scene and you will be welcomed with open arms.
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM DOING THIS PROJECT:
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An exciting, never-to-be-forgotten adventure into
New Zealand and you'll learn about the Maori culture that makes
this country so fascinating!-
The enormous satisfaction of also helping disadvantaged children and
knowing that you made a difference to them.
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New skills, more confidence, a greater understanding
of a different culture, invaluable personal and professional
development.
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An entry on your CV or résumé that will put you head
and shoulders above most others in the job market
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And best of all ... an unforgettable experience!
WORK CONTENT:
1. YOUR PROJECT AT THE CLUB:
This element of your programme will take place in the late
afternoons and evenings. You'll work at a hockey club at a number of venues located in the suburbs of Auckland. There are excellent facilities and you'll coach a number
of junior teams. You'll also have the opportunity to train, and
possibly play for the senior men's or women's teams, if you get selected.
There are a number of junior teams at the club with
children aged 5 to 12 and they are about 70+ junior players at the
club. The teams at the club are as follows:
If you would also like to play hockey on this project, you
can do this with a number of senior teams. There is a good
mixture of standards at the clubs so there is something for everyone. The
club are very strong in women's hockey and currently have a number of
the national women's 'black sticks' ladies who play for them.
As
well as training and playing for one of these teams, you may also be able to
coach them if you're considered good enough. There are a number of senior teams
that you can train with and play for:
THE HOCKEY SEASON AND COACHING TIMES:
The hockey season runs from:
Coaching and training times are as follows
Games take place on the weekends during the season. The
juniors play their game on Saturday morning where you will have the opportunity
to coach a team putting everything you have taught them into practice on the
field. In the afternoon or on Sunday, it will be your opportunity to
play with the seniors. Out of season there will be no opportunity to play hockey at the
club. During the school holidays there is no opportunity to coach hockey.
2. YOUR SPORTS PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL
The School Sports Project will take place during the day. For this element
of your programme, you will be working at a school located in Auckland. You
will be working at a school located in Auckland. The school has children
from a variety of backgrounds and countries such as Maori children and
children from Sudan and Somalia who are refugees, as well as children
from other lower economic countries such as Samoa and Tonga. The school
has good facilities that will enable you to coach a variety of different
sports.
There are a wide number of sports available to coach on
this project and you will be involved in a wide range of sporting activities,
giving you great diversity. The sports are generally coached
by season, but if you wanted to coach a sport that was not in season, or if
you wanted to introduce a new sport to the children, the school would welcome
it as long as it was of benefit to the children. Each school offers
different sports so if there was a particular sport that you were interested
in coaching please let us know and we will make
arrangements for this.
The sports vary with each term, as follows:
Term 1: Swimming, Tennis, Cricket, Athletics
Term 2: Rugby Union & League, Football, Hockey,
Netball
Term 3: Rugby League, Football, Netball
Term 4: Athletics, Cricket, Cross Country & Football.
The school dates for 2010 are:
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Term 1:
5th Feb - 1st April
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Term 2:
19th April – 2nd July
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Term 3:
19th July - 24th Sept
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Term 4:
11th Oct - 17th Dec
Lessons last for 45 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:30 - 3:00 pm.
You'll assist the sports teacher to coach and you'll spend about 3 to 5 hours a day
helping the children at the school.
FREE COACHING MANUALS:
As a volunteer sports coach with Travellers,
you have access to a large number of coaching manuals for each sport -
these manuals have been produced in-house by our Sports Manager. These
manuals are very useful and will help you to plan coaching sessions for
your students.
REQUIREMENTS - POLICE CHECKS:
As part of the law in New Zealand, it is compulsory
for all volunteers who work with children to undergo a police check.
These checks are done to ensure the safety of children in New Zealand.
The checks are a simple process and we will provide you
with all the details of what identity you need to take with you.
On your arrival in Auckland, our New Zealand manager will complete the checks
with you and take you through the process. As soon as you have
registered, you'll be allowed to start working with children. We will ensure that you have all the
relevant information before you come to New Zealand.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
"The Hockey club I have been working with has been
really grateful for my contribution, giving me lifts all over Auckland
to get to junior and senior games. The clubs standard is just right,
giving me the challenge of raising my level of play, whilst allowing me
to put my own abilities to good use. I have so far played in all of the
clubs games for both the first team and the second team which take place
on the weekend". Simon Thomson
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