Do an intensive course in skiing, snowboarding, polo or scuba diving with SportSkool and gain an internationally recognised qualification.

Though only 30-40% of people attending SportSkool go on to use their qualification in their career, you will become proficient in a sport and gain a sense of achievement, Paul Beard told the Gap Year Show.

The company runs winter sports courses in Canada and New Zealand, Polo courses in Argentina and scuba diving courses in the Caribbean.