Sports Coaching Gap Year Courses

If you are sports mad, or have sporting teaching or coaching qualifications or skills that you could pass on to others, then spending your gap year on a sports themed project or course makes perfect sense. The gap years below could see you teaching rugby in South Africa, or gaining a professional ski instructor qualification in Canada. There are plenty of choices for every sports enthusiast.

Some of the sports gap year courses that we advertise even come with the offer of a job at the end of the training period. If you are looking to be involved in sports during your gap year, check out the courses below for lots of great ideas.


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POPULAR SPORTS COACHING COURSES


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.
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We are currently hiring for the 2025 academic year start in Muscat, Oman. we also have limited places available in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. These placements will run throughout the academic year (until end of June 2025) and successful applicants will be given the chance to work in all 3 countries
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OUR FEATURED GAP YEARS


Watersports Instructor Training UK

Watersports Instructor Training UK

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UKSA's 11-week Watersports Instructor training course will give you all the qualifications needed to work as a Watersports Instructor. Qualify as a multi-disciplined instructor to teach dinghy sailing, windsurfing and multi-hull sailing.
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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.
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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 & Snowboard Training and fast-track your career in the snow industry. Choose from 30 resorts across five countries.
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ALL GAP TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES


Premium School based work

Premium School based work

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We are currently hiring for the 2025 academic year start in Muscat, Oman. we also have limited places available in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. These placements will run throughout the academic year (until end of June 2025) and successful applicants will be given the chance to work in all 3 countries
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Multi Activity Instructors UK

Multi Activity Instructors UK

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We are recruiting for instructors with and without previous experience, to work at our UK activity centres Lockerbie Manor, Abernant Lake Hotel, Norfolk Lakes and Culmington Manor, where you will be teaching outdoor pursuits to school groups.
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Sports with Projects Abroad

Sports with Projects Abroad

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Projects Abroad sport placement is ideal for anyone with a passion for sports. You could teach football in Ghana, cricket in India or volleyball in Peru. You will run fitness session, coach competitive games and help foster local talent whilst improving the health of the local people.
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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.