- Sitemap:
- Projects Abroad /
- Projects /
- Sports /
- Soccer /
- Brazil /
Volunteer Sports Coaching Overseas: Soccer in Brazil
There can be no better place to volunteer on a soccer placement than Brazil - winners of the soccer world cup a record five times and known by locals simply as ‘the soccer country’.
Many Brazilian children live for soccer and it is by far the favorite pastime of youngsters found playing in the streets. For some talented children, soccer offers an escape from crippling poverty. Even for the children who aren’t good enough to attend a soccer academy, the game remains an enjoyable and healthy activity that can help to keep them away from entering gangs or getting involved in drugs.
Volunteer Soccer Coaching with Projects Abroad
Our soccer projects in Brazil work with local youth teams. We work in conjunction with local coaches to deliver our soccer development program.
The soccer-coaching program is based in the region around Rio de Janeiro. Volunteers coach soccer to a number of different age groups – aged 10 to 12’s, under 14’s and under 17’s. Our soccer placements in Brazil provide an opportunity for all young players to develop their basic skills and techniques with the hope that some may achieve the phenomenal success of Brazilian stars like Pele or Ronaldo.
Volunteering Abroad on a Soccer Team in Brazil
During your time as a soccer coach in Brazil, you will be responsible for the development of young soccer players’ basic skills and techniques. You will help co-ordinate and plan coaching sessions to develop skills such as ball control, accurate passing, keeping possession, and moving into space. Furthermore, you will help your supervisor, usually the team’s manager, to plan match strategies and will take practice games.
According your motivation and skills, you may even be asked to assist in team selection. If you’re a good player yourself, you might even be asked to be “on the bench” for weekend or evening local matches.
When you get to Brazil, you will be introduced to your team and the manager. Communication is one of the key aspects of sports coaching, therefore it will be important to collaborate on how to structure the coaching program. Don’t worry if you have little or no coaching experience; we can provide a specific coaching manual for your sessions and the manager and his assistants will help you all the way adding to your ideas. You’ll be the foreigner and your very presence will help to make each training session fun – which is vital to maintaining the interest and enthusiasm of the children.