Hello everyone
im a part time football coach to children aged 3 - 9 in england.
i want to know if theres any job opportunites in taiwan to teach football to children.
i have searched for football clubs online but i have found nothing yet.
i would love there chance to work in taiwan coaching football.
so anyone out there please let me know any information on this subject.
thank you very much
Foreign children or local children? How is your Chinese/Taiwanese?
hi mate.
na i dont speak any chinese yet. but i could try to learn.
so there isnt any jobs in soccer coaching ? i thought they would want to learn in english
anyway thanks for the reply
You want to come here specifically to coach kids? A paid position? I’d say you’ve absolutely NO chance whatsoever.
However, I’m friends with Andy “the Sieve” who plays or played goal for the B52s and I know he used to do Saturday morning coaching for the kids at Taipei European School. You’d need a different way to earn a living, though.
[quote=“alan_m8”]hi mate.
na I don’t speak any Chinese yet. but i could try to learn.
so there isnt any jobs in soccer coaching ? i thought they would want to learn in english
anyway thanks for the reply[/quote]
That seems like a good idea, if you could get a partner and start it without losing it to otehr copycats.
Taiwanese in general are not that into sports -especially for children, teenager are into basketball nowadays- and soccer is not well known here. Furthermore, there are few venues. But as you sid, learning a sportt in English would be a nice niche market, especially for summer, but I am afraid that it will be pretty small.
so theres not much hope for me in taiwan then 
does anyone know any links or clubs that i could contact ?
But why? Surely the most common language in football these days would be Spanish or something? I mean, Britain’s hardly the center of the universe for the beautiful game! 
true but they would rather learn english yes ?
why not learn it while playing football ?
[quote=“alan_m8”]so theres not much hope for me in taiwan then
does anyone know any links or clubs that i could contact ?[/quote]
American School?
For more information about Taipei City FC see taipeifc.com
thanks a lot. i will message them
I at least used to see in-line skating being taught in English by foreigners, so the two-skills-for-the-price-of-one approach of English and exercise/sport has been used here. But I wouldn’t bet on such jobs being legal. And, at any rate, they almost certainly don’t exist for soccer.
There are already a few lads here making a semi-fulltime wage coaching. And yes you don’t need much Chinese. The English is part of the appeal.
check the link mfa.tw/aboutus.php
Why, in particular, do you want to coach football in Taiwan? The facilities are crap and there just isn’t that much interest. You’d have far better options in countries that have a football infrastucture, like S Korea, Japan, Thailand and even China.
My first summer here my ex and I started a summer camp teaching children baseball amongst other sports and it was a big hit. We had over 30 students sign up and we simply used the local elementary schools outdoor area for classes everyday.
I must be honest it was the only time I really taught and it was lots of fun. Plus the children picked up on the English usage at a surprising pace. I was going to do it again, but never got around to doing it again.
I also coached little league back home.
MFA was the one I’ve heard of, as well. There are foreigners in all kinds of sports/activity based professions here, from ice hockey to adventure touring. If you are that keen about football, you could easily set up a “camp” or “school”. And a lot of parents do like the double benefit of their children getting sports and foreign language at the same time.
I believe mingshah is involved in it. He’d be the guy to ask.