Challenge:

Tennis

Destination:

*Fiji

Departure Dates From:

24/05/2008

Fijian's have a natural passion and ability for sports and the country is sports mad. Yet like many developing countries, Fiji lacks a lot of the necessary infrastructure, funding and expertise to provide adequate sport coaching, equipment and facilities for its people. Our projects aim to work with a number of primary and secondary schools in the west of Fiji providing coaches for PE lessons and after school clubs.

Project Details: TO BE COMBINED WITH ANOTHER SPORT. Tennis is a minority sport in Fiji and were we will endeavour to get as much coaching as possible we could only ever guarantee a minimum of 4 hours coaching per week. Your coaching program will involve making tennis available to all children not just those lucky enough or skilled enough to be selected to train at the ITF tennis centre and the best way to do this is through school programs, coaching at a number of schools in the Lautoka area. Depending on your level of experience and ability you may also have the opportunity to help at the ITF centre in Lautoka working with higher level coaches and players.

Venturers Role: Your role as a Madventurer coach will be to pass on your knowledge and enthusiasm for your particular sport to the kids and adults you teach. There will be 2-3 coaching sessions per day with the possibility to train with a local team in the evenings. We also look for venturers to share coaching skills and techniques with teachers and sports coaches in the region, enabling them to continue and develop the program.

Location: You would be living in Lautoka, in the Madventurer accommodation. Lautoka is Fiji's second biggest city with an estimated population of 40,000; it's located on the West of Viti Levu near the International Airport of Nadi. Famous for being the centre of Fiji's sugar industry (and nicknamed ˜Sugar City"), Lautoka will give you a fascinating insight into daily island life away from the well beaten tourist track.

Accommodation: Whilst on a project you will be living in the Madventurer house in the suburbs of Lautoka overlooking the bay in the distance. Rooms are a dormitory style with 3 double bunk beds in each, which at capacity means upto 6 people per room.  The house is based about a 15 minute walk from the town centre and within walking distance of most of the schools that we work with. Your crew will be living in the house with you, to provide all the support you may need.

What's included:Meals at the Mad House, accommodation, transport, arrangement of placement and support from our experienced crew should you need it.