Volunteer Basketball Coaching in Ghana

Although football (soccer) in the number one sport in Ghana, basketball is quickly growing in popularity.

We send volunteers to a local basketball organization in Ghana that organizes leagues, tournaments, and coaching clinics in the Accra area.

Volunteers assist with coaching players, organizing the tournaments, officiating games, and also helping the organization to plan new initiatives and programs to promote basketball throughout the country. Some of your work could also include meeting with school administrators to organize students into teams; establishing practice and training sessions for the players; recruiting and training local coaches and game officials; acquiring equipment; designing team logos; arranging printing of game jerseys; creating competition schedules; maintaining game statistics; deciding on player awards; and generating publicity for the leagues.

This volunteer position requires a self-starter and good administrator who has an abiding interest in basketball, either as a current or former player, coach, official or manager.

The basketball players themselves include both boys and girls, and range in age from 6 years to high school age. They are eager to learn, practice, and play the game, and always welcome foreign volunteers with Ghanaians' typical friendliness. There are several players from Ghana who are now playing professionally and at universities in North America and Europe, so there is definitely some basketball talent in Ghana.