Coach Sports Abroad: Coach Basketball in Senegal

Playing basketball

The Senegalese love sports and are very proud of their fitness and athleticism. As the heat of the day subsides, the sandy streets of St Louis are turned into makeshift basketball courts!

The 2006 World Basketball Championships were not a success for the Senegalese team and saw them finish in last place. However, the national team is now under the professional management of one of the most prominent and powerful persons in the world of African basketball, Amadou Gallo Fall. With his help the team won gold in the 2007 African Championships but came 7th in 2009. In the coming years with the help of our volunteer coaches, basketball in Senegal can hopefully develop further and give the country something else to be proud of!

Volunteer Basketball Coaching with Projects Abroad

Our basketball coaching program in Senegal allows volunteers to coach basketball abroad to children with a range of sports talents. Projects Abroad is based in a number of different schools within St Louis, where basketball is high on the agenda in sports classes. Volunteers coaching basketball in Senegal will work with children from about 8 to 16 years old.

There are a number of different sports volunteers can also get involved in at the schools in Senegal. Just let us know what interests you. The Sports project should be combined with a Teaching or Care project to make sure you have enough working hours. Please let us know which combination of projects you prefer when you apply.

Volunteering Abroad on a Basketball Team in Senegal

There are many natural attributes that can help a person when it comes to playing basketball such as speed, strength and stamina. But the untrained eye often misses the importance that strategy and teamwork can make to a basketball game. This is where volunteer basketball coaches in Senegal can help to make the biggest impact. By introducing simple training methods you can bring together a team’s raw talent and lay the foundations for their progression.

Practice consists of fitness sessions, accurate passing drills, one-on-one and zone marking exercises, plus team structure and strategy sessions. Your exact role will depend on your basketball experience: if you are able to take groups alone that is fantastic but you will be greatly appreciated as an assistant coach as well.

상기 프로젝트는 한달 이내 참가가 가능한 프로그램입니다. 한달 이내 프로그램은 자원봉사자나 지역사회 모두에게 짧은 기간이지만 적합한 활동으로 현지 스텝들이 판단한 프로그램입니다. 다만 짧은 기간 참여를 통해 지역사회에서 열정적으로 활동하면서 가치있는 문화적 식견을 얻을 수 있긴 하지만 긴 기간동안 자원봉사 활동에 참여하는 친구들과 지역사회에 똑같은 영향을 줄 수는 없다는 점은 고려하세요.