Sports Coaching Gap Year Courses

Passionate about sports? If you have sporting coaching qualifications, or possess sports teaching skills that you can pass on to others, spending your gap year on a sports coaching or sports development project is an excellent choice. Our sports gap year programmes offer opportunities to teach rugby in South Africa, gain a professional ski instructor certification in Canada, or participate in community sports coaching initiatives worldwide. You can get involved in youth sports coaching, international sports leadership, or adventure sports coaching, there are plenty of options tailored to every sports enthusiast.

Some of the sports coaching gap year courses we feature even include job placement opportunities upon completion of the training. If you are looking to take page in sports development, volunteer abroad, or pursue sports mentoring projects during your gap year, explore our selection below designed to build your coaching skills and global sports experience. These projects are perfect for those seeking meaningful sports volunteer work or sports careers after college or university.

A gap year focused on sports coaching and sports volunteering can significantly enhance your skills and open doors to future sports careers. By participating in community sports coaching projects you will gain invaluable experience and make a positive impact. Whether you aim to become a professional sports coach or simply want to share your passion for sports worldwide, our sports coaching gap year programmes provide the perfect platform to start your journey.


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Current SPORTS COACHING Projects & Courses


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Work as a Ski Instructor

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Train with professional ski instructors and gain your own qualifications that will allow you to teach in the same season. Following your course, become a snow sports instructor in Canada or Austria and earn money whilst enjoying the season on these fantastic slopes!



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Camp Counselor in France

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We’ve been running English camps for French children since 1994! With multiple locations across France, American Village Language Immersion Camps welcome thousands of kids each year. Our caring, fun, and professional counselor team is a part of what makes our camp so loved by our campers!



Multi Activity Instructors UK

Multi Activity Instructors UK

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As an Activity Instructor, you will play a vital role in delivering exciting, safe, and educational outdoor experiences to children and young people. You’ll inspire confidence, teamwork, and a love of adventure while ensuring every participant has a memorable and positive experience.



Become a qualified ski instructor - Train, qualify and work all in one season
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Become a qualified ski instructor - Train, qualify and work all in one season

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Do you want a career that will take you across the globe? Do you want to live and work in the world's top ski destinations? Become a ski instructor with EA Ski and Snowboard Training and fast-track your career in the snow industry. Choose from 30 resorts across five countries.



Outdoor Instructor

Outdoor Instructor

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As an Outdoor Instructor, you will deliver a range of fun, memorable and tailored adventurous activities, experiences and adventure holidays aimed at families, individuals and groups. Such as snowmobile tours, ice fishing, snowshoeing and cross country skiing.



Whistler Blackcomb Ski Instructor

Whistler Blackcomb Ski Instructor

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Become a qualified ski instructor in the world-class resort of Whistler! Spend your days on the mountain, earning money and teaching kids to ski. We include a Level One Ski Instructor course and are recruiting right now!



Watersports Instructors

Watersports Instructors

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We’re a busy watersports and activity centre on the River Medina in Cowes, Isle of Wight. Each summer, we host school groups and kids’ camps from across the UK for a week of fun on land and on the water. We’re looking for qualified instructors to help deliver our full programme of activities.



Work in the USA as a Camp Counselor

Work in the USA as a Camp Counselor

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You will be spending your summer months working at a fantastic summer camp in the USA! Wild Packs specialise in finding summer camp jobs (based all over America) for hundreds of young people every year. We look to support enthusiastic individuals who are eager for a challenge!



Skiers wanted Become an instructor - training and job included
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Skiers wanted Become an instructor - training and job included

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Want to get turn your love of skiing or snowboarding into a career? Become a ski or snowboard instructor. Receive world-class training, gain internationally-recognised qualifications and get a guaranteed paid job offer at the ski resort of your choice.




Sports teaching and coaching

Most of us only get the chance to indulge in our favourite sports in our free time. But would not it be great if we could play football, go mountain biking or surf some great beaches whenever we liked, rather than squeezing it in to an evening, or at the weekend after a long tiring week at work. Well as part of your gap year there is the chance to take part and get involved in any number of sporting activities. You may wish to volunteer as a sports coach, teaching in disadvantaged local communities to give youngsters sporting skills and experience that we take for granted at home. You may prefer to spend your time on a training course that leads to a professional instructor qualification in sports such as skiing, mountain biking or scuba diving. Or it may be that you just get the opportunity to improve your own sporting abilities with experiences like learning to sail in Australia or horse riding in Argentina.