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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 tennis club located in the suburbs of Auckland,
just a short 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 at the club, if you get selected.
The club has a large number of junior teams and players at the club.
During the summer months (October - Mid April) the club have 400 junior
players in 50 teams and in the winter (May - September) the club have 200
juniors in 30 different teams. The children you will be coaching vary from 5
- 18 year olds.
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 club 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
- Winter: 5th May - 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 2008 are:
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Term 1: 4th Feb - 18th April
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Term 2: 5th May - 4th July
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Term 3: 21st July - 26th Sept
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Term 4: 13th Oct - 15th Dec
The lessons you will be coaching in will
last for 45 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:30 - 3:00 pm.
As
a volunteer you will be assisting the sports teacher to coach the
children. You'll spend about 3 to 5 hours a day
helping the children at the school.
FREE COACHING MANUALS AND FREE
SUBSCRIPTION TO A COACHING WEBSITE
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.
As well
as coaching manuals you also have 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.
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
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