Junior Weekly Golf Program Curriculum PDF

The Junior Weekly program has been built with a curriculum which will expose juniors to the learning opportunities and experiences to develop their competency and confidence to play the game. The curriculum will also help the juniors to thrive as a person outside of golf and to become an active part...

The Junior Weekly program has been built with a curriculum which will expose juniors to the learning opportunities and experiences to develop their competency and confidence to play the game. The curriculum will also help the juniors to thrive as a person outside of golf and to become an active participant at your club. The curriculum has been developed around four learning outcomes. Firstly, The Mastering the game element is focused on developing the junior's golf skills to play the game confidently and competently. Each class will focus on one of the Mastering the Game elements. This will give the junior the opportunity to develop their skills across three of the four elements. The learning the game element is focused on developing the junior's knowledge to be at the club and to play the golf course independently, socially and competitively. Each class will provide the junior with an opportunity to develop their understanding of these elements. Each class will include a discussion on a topic led by the instructor. The whole junior element is focused on the development of the junior to thrive in golf and wider life, across a range of social and psychological development elements. The element within this learning outcome will be developed through independent, social and competitive learning opportunities within each class. The physical literacy element is focused on the development of the junior's necessary movement skills and physical development to thrive in golf and to provide a grounding for a healthy and active lifestyle. The elements within this learning outcome will be developed through independent and team based warm up games at the start of each class. A curriculum has been built which provides an opportunity for juniors to be exposed to learning opportunities within each of the learning outcomes so that throughout the program year they are developing their skills and knowledge of the game. This also provides variety to each class which will increase engagement and enjoyment. Here is an example of how the learning outcomes rotates each week. Each Week the class rotates around the Mastering the Game Skill Focus. A Whole Golfer theme is also included, which can be explored in the session through games based learning and discussion. Each week rotates around the Learning the Game Category and then includes a focus which can be explored in the class through demonstration and discussion. Juniors are able to attempt one of the Master the Game Challenges linked to the skill focus for that week. The recommended class focus and thus the location of the lesson will be based on the skill elements within the Mastering the Game learning outcome. Opportunities for the junior to develop their skills within the On the Course Skill element are delivered within the Junior Course Play and Junior Social Play program opportunities. Therefore, the class focuses on the skill elements of Swing, On the Green and Around the Green. Age Group class focuses, run in conjunction each week to ensure that you can deliver each class at your club as efficiently as possible. However, there are differences in the specific content and focus of each class within the Age 4-6 group and the 6-11 & 11-16 groups, to ensure that the program is developmentally appropriate. The class focus across each learning outcome is rotated each week to ensure variation for the junior and to ensure that each skill within the learning outcome is adequately covered during the program year. Using February to May 2024 as an example, the first week of delivery is swing and each week then rotates through the three skill elements, rotating back to Swing on Week 4 with the additional learning outcomes also rotating. During each class, the junior has an opportunity to attempt a challenge that links to the Skill element for that week and which links directly to the progression pathway and levels. As a reminder, there are 72 Challenges across the six levels, with three challenges within each skill element. In the example, we can see how the challenge links directly to the Skill element focus for that week. As week 1 is a Swing Class, the challenge that is linked to the Class plan for that week is the Iron Challenge. On week 4, the junior has the opportunity to attempt the Fairway Woods challenge within the next Swing Class. The junior has an opportunity to attempt the three challenges with the On Course element within the Monthly Playing class. The Master the Challenges Social Play Class provides an additional opportunity for juniors to attempt all the challenges within the program within a single class. After a total of nine classes, the junior will have had an opportunity to attempt the three challenges within each skill element and three opportunities to attempt the On the Course Challenge during the Course Play class. We can see in the example, that the class focus rotates each week, as well as the challenges. In this example there is a break in the program for Sprint Break. Based on the number of delivery weeks at your club, the number of weeks that can be delivered across each of the skill elements and the number of challenge opportunities for each skill will vary. The graphics below indicate the number of delivery weeks across each skill element and challenge based on delivering the program in line with school term dates and a year round program delivered every week over a 12 month period. Via the Coaches Toolbox, you can access supporting resources to help you run the challenge element of the program and the curriculum, so you will have all the resources required to run the program and each class. The first step is to select from the Class Plan or Master the Challenge option on the Junior Weekly page. Next, on the Class Plan page you can access the Program Curriculum, class plans and other resources. Then, on the Master the Challenges Resource is a library of resources to run the challenge element of the program.