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Uganda - Football Coaching

Challenge:: Football
Destination:: *Uganda
Departure Dates From:: 01/01/1970

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Based at the Source of the Nile in the sleepy town of Jinja, Madventurer offers a variety of Projects in this incredibly lush and diverse country described as the ‘Pearl of Africa' by Winston Churchill. With opportunities to raft the mighty Nile, trek the ‘Mountains of the Moon' or come face to face with a rare Mountain Gorilla during the weekend, Uganda offers a truly unique experience.

The Project
Mornings are usually split between working with the Jinja Municipal Council (JMC) football team, Masesco School and Jinja secondary school. In the evenings there is the possibility of training with local youth football teams.

JMC
Based at Kakindu Stadium (a short walk from the Madventurer house) the JMC is the leading team in the Jinja region and are vying to be promoted to the Ugandan equivalent of the English Premier League! Here you could be working alongside the existing coaches at the club, where you'll have the opportunity to learn from these experienced coaches.

Far from being another player at JMC the coaches are very eager to hear your ideas on drills and training regimes so be prepared to be given responsibility for organizing morning coaching sessions for the whole team. While attending matches, the team and coaches are interested to get feedback on their performance so if you were to coach you may have to give a half-time team talk!!

Masese Co Primary School
Masese Co Primary School [founded 1927] is located in one of Jinja's poorer districts about 4km outside the town centre with beautiful views out onto Lake Victoria. The local community suffered greatly in the general decline in the 1980s. Recovery is well under way and the school has around 1700 pupils, but numbers fluctuate as children choose to remain at home to help their families or, particularly in the case of orphans, to stay on the streets in the nearby slums and try to make a quick buck or pursue other distractions. Regular sports education has the potential to attract them back to their educations and the opportunity to play sport will greatly benefit those children already in regular attendance.

During the evenings, you'll be working at one of the local football academies "The Nile Academy, Bugembe or the Jinja Youth Academy". These academies are aimed at offering football training to children of ages to enhance the undoubted potential that many of them posses by providing structured sessions working on all aspects of football and fitness.

Your Role
Working alongside the coaches at JMC will help you develop a number of drills which you can then use with the children at the various football academies. Madventurer would like to take this opportunity to reemphasize that each venturer designs his or her own programme with the assistance of his or her crew. Your crew will seek to provide you with the opportunity for variety within your programme but ultimately it is the venturer who decides what he or she does.

Your work in Jinja will principally entail coaching, but there will be opportunities to add in educative tie-ins related to, for example, HIV, malaria and nutritional education. To further promote sport in the region there is the possibility of organizing tournaments at weekends, or even organising a local league as the structure currently in place could be strengthened significantly.

Out and About
You'll have access to some beautiful scenery in the surrounding areas, and for the more adventurous there is the opportunity to test yourself against the mighty White Nile whilst white water rafting, face the Nile High Bungee jump or go quad biking in nearby Bujigali. An hour and a half away is Kampala, the vibrant capital of Uganda, where there is a wealth of things to do in this attractive city, whether it's browsing around the famous Owino market; indulging in some western luxuries in the shopping centre, or relaxing around a pool in the hot sun. Kampala's bustling nightlife always promises a good night out.

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