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Welcome to GAP SPORTS

Looking for a gap year, a career break or an adventure travel holiday with a difference?

GAP SPORTS provides coaching placements, sports courses and training programmes and exciting sports adventure tours abroad. We also have volunteer projects for the less sporty!

Go play, coach and qualify in sports in Australia, CanadaAfrica or Latin America.


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What can you do?

 
 
Sports Coaching Placements
Coach and play sports in Africa and Latin America during your year out, career break or activity holiday by joining one of our volunteer coaching placements abroad including football/soccer, rugby, hockey, cricket, netball, tennis and more.
 
 
Sports Courses and Training
Play and improve in your favourite sport (or try out new sports) on one of our sports courses and training programmes in Australia, North America and Africa, from ski and snowboard instructor programmes to surfing and scuba diving courses.
 
 
Sports Adventure Tours
Travel through amazing destinations in Africa and Australasia and experience a mixture of exciting sports activities such as scuba diving, kayaking and sailing. These activity trips are ideal for adventure travel holidays or as part of a year out or career break.
 
 
Volunteer Projects and Internships
If sport is not your ‘thing’ then why not join a volunteer project or work experience internship in Africa or Latin America during your gap year, career break or volunteer holiday? Teach in schools, work with orphans, build homes, conserve turtles, and more.
 

Where can you go?

 
If you’re thinking of taking a sports adventure holiday, a sports gap year or an adventurous career break abroad, then check out our destinations. Each location will offer you amazing adventure travel ideas for your gap year out, volunteer holiday or sports adventure abroad.
 
 

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Sports Travel and Adventure Travel

 
We have hundreds of ideas for your sports gap year, career break or sports adventure holiday. Join a sports volunteer coaching placement and coach youth sports in Africa or Latin America such as football/soccer, rugby, cricket, hockey, netball and more.

Join one of our sports courses and become a ski instructor, a snowboard instructor or even a surf instructor. Other water sports courses include scuba diving in South Africa and lifeguard training in Australia. Our sports adventure tours will also get your adrenalin pumping with adventure sports like jet boating, mountain biking and sky diving!

Why not check out sport in Australia and sport in Africa or simply head straight to our sports travel guide for some great sports travel ideas?

Gap Year Travel and Year Out Ideas

 
Gap year travel is a great way to see the world and gain valuable skills before starting university or a new job. For some great gap year ideas including gap year destinations, take a look at our gap year travel and year out advice.

Thinking of taking a gap year in Australia, a gap year in Africa or a gap year in Canada? Then check out our gap year activities including sports gap years like gap year sports coaching placements and gap year sports courses and training programmes. Volunteer gap years could see you working with orphans, on a building project or teaching in African schools.

Career Break Travel

 
Taking a career break? Check out our career break travel advice and find lots of career break ideas and career break destinations to choose from including career breaks in South Africa and career breaks in Australia.
 
Enjoy a sports career break including career break football, career break rugby, career break hockey and lots of other career break sports! You can coach sports on your career break or play, train and qualify in sports. Or why not have a volunteer career break by joining our volunteer projects abroad? Check out our career break teaching projects abroad, career break building projects abroad and career break care work projects abroad with orphans and children.

Ideas for Gap Years, Career Breaks and Adventure Travel

 
View our adventure travel ideas for gap years out, career breaks or adventure holidays in Africa, Australasia, Latin America or North America:
 
Athletics – train in athletics in Australia on a gap year or sports holiday
Badminton – play and coach badminton on a volunteer badminton placement in Africa
Basketball – volunteer basketball coaching placements in Africa for gap breaks
Boxing – boxing training and volunteer coaching in Africa for gap years and holidays
Cricket – volunteer cricket coaching in Africa or play cricket in Australia or South Africa
Cycling/Biking – mountain biking tours and adventure travel in Africa
Football/Soccer – play football or coach football as a volunteer in Africa on a gap break
Golf – play golf in South Africa or coach golf in Africa on a golf holiday or gap year break
Hockey – play hockey in Australia or coach hockey to children in Africa on a gap year
Kayaking/Canoeing – kayaking and canoeing tours in Africa for sports adventure holidays
Kitesurfing - kiteboarding and kitesurfing courses for gap years, adventure breaks and holidays
Lifeguarding – lifeguard courses and qualifications in Australia and South Africa
Netball – play netball abroad or join volunteer netball projects in Africa on a gap year
Rowing – rowing training in Australia and for rowing gap year breaks or sports holidays 
Rugby – play rugby in Australia or coaching rugby in Africa on a gap break or holiday
Scuba Diving – beginner and improver diving courses for gap years or sports breaks
Skiing – ski instructor and improvement courses for gap sports breaks and winter holidays
Snowboarding – snowboard courses and qualifications for winter sports holidays
Surfing – surf improvement and instructor courses in Australia and South Africa for gap breaks
Swimming – swimming in Australia or volunteer swimming coaching in Africa for sports holidays
Tennis – play tennis in Australia or coach tennis in Africa on a sports volunteer holiday
Art and Design – teach art to children in Africa and learn from local artists on a break in Africa
Building – volunteer building projects in Africa and build homes on a volunteer vacation
Care Work
– work with orphans and children in Africa on a gap year, career break or holiday
Conservation – conservation projects for volunteer vacations, gap years and career breaks
Journalism – journalism work experience placements in TV, newspapers and radio stations
Medical Care – medical volunteer placements in Africa for gap years and working holidays
Physiotherapy – physiotherapy volunteer placements in clinics and sports centres in Africa
Sports Psychology – undertake research and work experience with athletes in Africa
Teaching – volunteer teaching projects in Africa and Latin America for volunteer breaks abroad

 
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We are specialists in sports gap years, career break travel and sports adventure holidays abroad. Our destinations include Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Ghana, South Africa, North America, Canada and more. We offer sports courses and sports training in sports academies overseas. We also offer sports adventure tours, volunteer sports coaching placements and other volunteer work and volunteering projects abroad. Play sport, coach sport or learn a new sport. You can even gain sports qualifications on our instructor courses. Find your sports travel adventure today!



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