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COACH TENNIS IN CLUBS AND SCHOOLS IN AUCKLAND
New Zealand has a great outdoors lifestyle and
climate which makes it a lovely place to play outdoor sports like Tennis. You'll
have a diverse exposure to this sport by coaching, training and playing
with an excellent Tennis Club, and also bringing your sports skills to
children in local schools. Here you'll be able to coach Tennis and
various other sports to children from all backgrounds, including Maori,
South Pacific Islands, and many other nationalities.
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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 required, but you must have a very good
knowledge of your sport and lots of enthusiasm!. Some Clubs may
require you to have some coaching experience. |
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Price |
From
£1,395 / US$2,095 for 4 weeks, ranging to £2,475
/ US$3,715 for 12 weeks.
Full Price List and other
Currencies |
| 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 Tennis 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 athletics 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 A TENNIS CLUB:
This element of your programme will take place in the late
afternoons and evenings. You'll work at one of the Tennis Clubs we partner
with, located in the suburbs of Auckland,
just a bus ride away from the city centre where your accommodation is located. There are excellent facilities and you'll coach a number
of junior teams and age groups. You'll also have the opportunity to train and
possibly play for the senior teams, if you get selected.
We work with a number of
different Clubs who generally have a large number of junior teams and players at the club.
At one of the Clubs, during the summer months (October - Mid April) there
are 400 junior
players in 50 teams. In the winter (May - September) this club has 200
juniors in 30 different teams. The children you will be coaching vary from 5
- 18 year olds.
You'll generally assist the coaches, with approximately 6 students per
coach. Some of the coaching elements will include balls, correction,
demonstration and drills with individuals. You won't be given total
responsibility, but your work will allocated according to your level of
experience and ability. As the age of students increases, your
assistance becomes more valuable. You will have a certain amuont of
choice regarding how many hours you'll coach.
If you would also like to play tennis 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
tennis clubs have mixed teams who play singles, doubles and mixed doubles
and you will be allocated a team to play in.
THE TENNIS SEASON AND COACHING TIMES:
The tennis season runs from:
- Summer: 8th October - 18th April with a short break
over Christmas
- Winter: from 5th May through to 26th September
- Games take place: end of September - end of March -
begging of April
Coaching and training times are as follows
Games take place every second weekend if you wish to play
tennis. During the school holidays there is the opportunity to coach tennis
but for only 3 days a week from 9 - 12 as part of the school holiday tennis
camps. Please consult the school sports webpage for school dates. You will
be expected to coach for 2 days a week at the club but you'll have the
opportunity to coach more days if you wish.
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. 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 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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