Rookie Sports Leadership Award by King's Camps

Rookie Sports Leadership Award

Great leadership and sports coaching experience for 14-17s

Kick start your sports coaching career with RSLA

If you’re after a fun and challenging experience with a difference, the Rookie Sports Leadership Award is a great way for you to spend your holiday while gaining great sports coaching and leadership experience!

You’ll get to assist our sports coaches, lead activity sessions, play sport and even take on the coaches’ challenges!

Typical day

9.30am	Lead Kids Camp warm-up
9.45am	Helping with Kids Camp activity sessions
10.45am	Break
11am	Planning leadership task
11.45am	Hockey
12.30pm	Lunch & Rookie challenges
1.30pm	Volleyball
2.30pm	Break
2.45pm	Lead Kids Camp game
4pm	Home time

"Being a Rookie was awesome fun, plus I’ve done loads of coaching and sports session development, that’s definitely going on my UCAS application."

Stephen, Glasgow.

"Taking on the coaches was the highlight of my week. We beat them hands down!"

Becky, Wakefield.

A great career starter

The Rookie Sports Leadership Award is a great career-starter for a future career in sports coaching or childcare and a valuable addition to your Record of Achievement, CV and UCAS form. If you’re interested in a career in sports coaching, teaching or childcare, the Rookie Sports Leadership Award provides great work experience and career-relevant skills, with many Rookies graduating to work for us on our apprenticeship programme – click here to find out about King’s Camps Work Apprenticeships.

Take on an awesome challenge

The Rookie Sports Leadership Award is a challenging programme that aims to develop your self-confidence, sports coaching ability and leadership skills. Working alongside the sports Leaders Award, you’ll progress through a series of sports coaching and leadership tasks that will develop your sports coaching and leadership skills, giving you great work experience for a future career in sports coaching or childcare.”

On the Rookie Sports Leadership Award, you’ll work your way through four awards (Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum), each a little more challenging than the last. You’ll have your own Rookie Sports Leadership Award handbook to work through while being assessed and supported by experienced Rookie sports coaches. But don’t worry, the Rookie Sports Leadership Award is not all work (in fact it’s mostly play) - you’ll get the chance to play plenty of sport, try new activities and even take on the coaches’ challenges!

The Rookie Sports Leadership Award takes place over full-weeks, usually from 9.30am until 4pm each day (times may vary). We welcome boys and girls to join us and it doesn’t matter if you’re totally sporty; a beginner at sport or just love to work with children, the Rookie Sports Leadership will bring out the best in you; developing your confidence, sporting skills and leadership ability.

Top sports coaching

We don’t run our Rookie Sports Leadership Award activity camps just anywhere – every one of our holiday camp venues are leading schools and universities with top sports facilities and plenty of outdoor space to play and coach sport. We employ only the best (and most fun) coaching staff, who are all qualified, have enhanced CRB disclosures and are awesome at coaching different sports and even better at keeping you on your toes and developing your sports leadership skills.