Youth Coach for handball and sustainable development

The trilateral, virtual youth coach exchange is a new international encounter format of PlayHandball, Youth Abroad and the Handball Association Schleswig-Holstein. Young handball players from Germany, South Africa and Kenya participate in virtual encounters in the context of developmental youth work.

WHAT IS THE TRILATERAL YOUTH COACH EXCHANGE?

The trilateral exchange aims to promote and inspire young people as multipliers to use sport as an educational tool for sustainable development. As a youth handball development coach you can pass on your knowledge to children and young people in your environment. This is to support the sustainability goal UNSDG #4.7 “Sport as a tool to achieve development goals”.

The program consists of online workshops on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sport, think tanks to collect ideas for future youth exchanges in sport, and practical phases in which participants work together in small transnational groups on ideas for training sessions, tournaments and/or activities. The exchange is not only virtual. The participants are empowered and supported to implement actions on site in their home countries. In addition, the future handball development coaches introduce their home countries to the other participants and forge links beyond the project period. Club partnerships, further encounters and / or visits are to be promoted.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

From each partner country 5 young handball players* aged 18 – 27 can participate in the first virtual exchange.

Requirements are:

You have an interest in handball and coaching.
You are enthusiastique for a digital, intercultural dialogue.
You are interested in social engagement.
You have a basic English skills.
You are between 18 and 27 years old.
You are, but do not have to be, a player, coach or youth worker in a youth, sports or social club.

HOW AND UNTIL WHEN CAN YOU APPLY?

Simply send your informal application (letter of motivation and CV) to info@play-handball.org with the subject “Trilateral Online Youth Exchange”.

Project start for German participants is January 2022. Application deadline is December 15, 2021. We look forward to hearing from you.

WHAT ARE YOUR BENEFITS?

You get to know like-minded young people from other countries.
You develop joint projects and get support for your own implementation in your club/location.
You are part of an international peer-to-peer exchange.
You acquire new skills: Coaching skills, youth development and online tools.
You gain intercultural experience.
You are part of an international network.

WHEN DOES THE PROGRAM START AND HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?

The program starts in January 2022 and lasts for 3 months. Already in November (26. – 28.11.2021) we have a three-day online exchange between the participants in Kenya and South Africa.

For the German participants, the kick-off workshop will be announced in December after the application deadline.

The timing of the regular virtual meetings will be discussed and decided together with all participants. Over a period of three months, all participants will meet regularly once a week in online workshops lasting approximately 3 hours (see schedule and content). In addition, international groups of three are formed. The groups, consisting of German, South African and Kenyan participants, work together on project ideas and support each other in planning their own training sessions, which the trainers carry out in their home associations and/or communities.

Commitment as an association and support of the project

If you as an association are interested in international exchanges and/or hosting young trainers from our partner countries, please contact us at info@play-handball.org.

If you would like to support the project financially, you are welcome to make a donation to the following account:

Play Handball Förderverein
Landessparkasse in Oldenburg (LZO)
BIC: SLZODE22XXX
IBAN: DE45 2805 0100 0090 9883 46

Timeline & Contents

Nr.	What	When*	Content
1.	Kick-Off Workshop per country * for the German participants the workshop will take place in Jan’22	26-28 Nov’21 (only SA and KE) Jan’22 for German TN **	Introduce project and partners Clarify expectations, goals, roles and responsibilities Participants get to know each other (including getting to know each other’s life situation and the resulting possible different perspectives) Preparation of the participants for the cooperation in international groups (pictures in the head, prejudices, problems and challenges North vs. South) Building up technical competences Discuss “virtual” code of conduct Define process
2.	Online workshop “Sport as an educational tool for sustainable development”	Dec’21 / Jan’22 **	UNSDGs definition and meaning SDG 4.7 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Sport for Development definition and meaning in the context of SDG 4.7 Participants inspect the relevant, local challenges in the context of SDG’s 4.7 Education for Sustainable Development
3.	Online Workshop “Fundamentals of Training Theory”	Jan’22	Building competences in children’s handball training (methodological principles and basics of technical-coordinative skills and tactical-cognitive skills in handball and their didactic preparation) Formation of the trilateral trios (3 groups consisting of one German, one South African and one Kenyan participants each)
4.	Virtual Teambuilding-Workshop	Jan’22	The participants grow together as a team and experience trust, communication and decision-making in the group through targeted team-building measures. The participants get to know the other participants and their countries and cultural backgrounds.
5.	Online Workshop “Handball for Sustainable Development” (H4SD) – Part 1	Feb’22	Experiencing handball from multiple perspectives: Handball for Sustainable Development Approach (H4SD). Promoting social skills through handball. Psychological and physical effects of handball. Teaching educational goals for sustainable development with handball using the example of the “Fair Play for the Environment” handbook from Play Handball. Developing practical lessons based on the Fair Play manual.
6.	Online Workshop “Handball for Sustainable Development” – Part 2	Feb’22	Reflection on the practical lesson (No. 5). Development of a training series to solve/address the identified local challenges (see no.2) in the context of SDG 4.7, including defining the sport and social objectives of the training lessons.
7.	Virtual Teambuilding-Workshop	Feb’22	The content of the team-building activity and/or cultural program is proposed and selected by the participants during the meeting. See no. 4
8.	Online Workshop “Role of the Coach in H4SD”.	Feb’22	The role of the trainer in the H4SD approach (tasks, goal and competencies). Identify and improve own strengths, weaknesses and potentials.
9.	Online Workshop – Free topic	Feb’22	Content is determined by the participants in the course of the workshop in a participatory and cooperative manner based on the topic.
10.	Online Workshop – Free topic	Feb’22	Content is determined by the participants in the course of the workshop in a participatory and cooperative manner based on the topic.
11.	Virtual Teambuilding-Workshop	Feb’22	The content of the team-building activity and/or cultural program is proposed and selected by the participants during the meeting. See no. 4
12.	Online Workshop – Free topic	March 22	Content is determined by the participants in the course of the workshop in a participatory and cooperative manner based on the topic.
13.	Online Workshop – Free topic	March 22	Content is determined by the participants in the course of the workshop in a participatory and cooperative manner based on the topic.
14.	Think tank – Ideas Workshop	March 22	Sustainability of international youth-coach exchanges. Innovative concepts for international youth exchange formats on the topic of “Sport as an educational tool for sustainable development and global-local youth (coach) participation”. Selection of potential ideas for future real exchange formats and supporting measures for the implementation of the ideas or sustainable communication in the project group.
15.	Think tank – Ideas Workshop	March 22	Further elaboration of the identified ideas in small groups. * Jointly determine further procedure
16.	Final Workshop per country	March 22	Feedback Present results and record what has been learned Discuss further measures, sustainability

* The dates of the workshops will be discussed and set together with the participants.

** the German participants will not start until January 2022.