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Welcome to The Junior Camps Overview training module. In this course, we are going to start by covering an overview of Junior Camps. This will explore the key elements, its purpose, and an example of how they are structured. We will then explore the recommended scheduling and pricing guidance for...

Welcome to The Junior Camps Overview training module. In this course, we are going to start by covering an overview of Junior Camps. This will explore the key elements, its purpose, and an example of how they are structured. We will then explore the recommended scheduling and pricing guidance for the events. After this, we will take a look at the junior camp games element of the program and how this unique week-long competition is implemented to fully engage juniors each day. The next chapter will focus on introducing the supporting resources available to help you run a great Junior Camp. Following from this, we will look at the recommended implementation steps and the further support available to you. The training course will conclude by exploring the key next steps for you after completing this module. Junior Camps provide activities for juniors during the school holidays covering a range of golf and multi skill elements across three options, as well as a range of durations. Camps have been built flexibly to provide suitable options for clubs with diverse needs, facilities and membership bases. There are three flexible camp options available to run at your club to suit the specific needs of your facility, coaching team, and membership base. This includes a mini-camp, a half day camp and a full day camp option. Over the course of the week you can offer juniors an engaging twist to the camp by running the 'Junior Camp Games'. Juniors work together over the week to represent a team and accumulate points to determine the overall winner of the camp! All camps are recommended to be delivered in groups of 8 juniors to one coach. Camps can also be delivered in two different age based groups and it is up to you to decide on how many coaches will deliver the camp, and therefore the total number of places available. Each camp is recommended to be delivered over a minimum of 3 days with the option to extend the camp to 4 or 5 days to maximise engagement and reduce barriers to participation. Junior Golf Camps are designed so that juniors can get an experience of learning all parts of the game and explore the learning outcomes within the Junior Golf Academy program. Juniors will even get a chance to get out on the course and also develop a range of movement skills through fun warm up games. Finally, Junior Golf Camps should be charged at a one off price to attendees for all days. The fee will depend on your customer demographic and coaching rate. The fee should include all equipment and access to the golf course if required. Junior Camps are built to provide additional opportunities for juniors currently enrolled in the Junior Academy Weekly program, or other programs such as Junior Golf Camps. Camps will also be of interest to those not currently enrolled in coaching, as well as being an attractive proposition for friends or family of those currently enrolled. Junior Golf Camps will offer a great opportunity to showcase your coaching, the programs you offer, the available facilities, and life at the club for the junior. They offer an ideal opportunity for juniors to develop their fundamentals across the four learning outcomes within the JGA program. Juniors will have the chance to meet and form new friendships. We know that juniors are far more likely to engage in activities that help them forge friendships and your camp will do just that. Golf Camps are first and foremost great FUN! They will provide the child with an opportunity to experience the game through games based learning across the skill elements. Camps should leave a lasting impression to juniors that your club is the place to learn and have fun! They will provide the ideal opportunity for you to guide juniors and their parents to the next step on their coaching journey with you. You can direct them to the programs within phase 3 of the coaching pathway to engage juniors at your club for the long term. Finally, the group based format offers an opportunity you to maximise your coaching revenue. Junior Camps are built to drive new participants into your club and your other Junior Golf Academy Programs, as well as provide a supplementary experience for those already engaged in your programs. Junior Golf Camps should be targeted towards four key customer types. The first customer type Golf Camps are open to is juniors and their family without any connection to the club. These may be found through engagement activities in the local community, marketing activities or through customer driven enquiries. The next type is participants that may have a connection through a current club member or through a child that is already participating in the Junior Golf Academy Program. Another group to target is participants who may be close or have extended family members of current club members, or even related to a child that is already participating in the Junior Golf Academy Program. Lastly, Juniors who are already actively engaged in your coaching programs such as Junior Academy weekly should be encouraged to attend so they can continue to develop their skills , gain confidence at the club and form new friendships. Junior Camps are flexible programs built to cater for the specific needs of each club. We understand that not every club is the same and you need to have the flexibility to offer a camp that works for you, your facilities, and your membership base. There are three camp options that you can choose from, with each of these running over a minimum 3-days during the school breaks. Mini Camps run over 90 Minutes and are perfect for clubs who want to plug a golf camp element into a Multi Sports camp with other services within your club, such as with Tennis, or Swimming and multi-skills elements. Half Day Golf camps run over 3-hours and are ideal for those clubs operating in desert climates, or where the coaching team is limited and your team cannot be tied up for the entire day. These camps run between 9am - 4pm and are perfect for those operating in seasonal, year round climates, or with large coaching teams. In these camps juniors have greater access to on course opportunities. This camp includes lunch for each junior attending. There is once again flexibility to offer the camp options across three different age based options. The age based options you offer will depend entirely on your ability to maximise places on your camps. From a developmental perspective and to maximise enjoyment for the child, it is recommended that you offer camps in the two different age groups, however you have the flexibility to offer any of the camp options. You may also decide to run different camps at the 11-16 age group based on gender, but once again this will be dependant on your ability to maximise capacity. The 6-11 age group is open to all camp types and it is recommended to be run in mixed gender groups. The 11-16 age group is open to all camp types and it is recommended to be run in gender based groups where there is coaching availability and capacity can be maximized. Lastly, the 6-16 age group can be combined across all Camp options when coaching availability is limited, or where age based group capacity cannot be maximized. Golf Camps are intended to be a building block towards converting children into further programming at your club, as well as supplementary experience for those already actively engaged. For new juniors, you should aim to convert into your Junior Weekly programs and the associated playing and social play camps. The structure of the camp programs will be the ideal opportunity to provide juniors with a broad experience of learning the game across a range of areas, as well as develop their skills. This allows the perfect opportunity to convert juniors into further programming. We understand that each club is different in regards to access, facilities and the size of the coaching team. Therefore, this will influence the size and frequency of your Golf Camps at your club. However, there are some crucial scheduling recommendations to make the camp a success. You should be aiming to be offering a camp option for every week of the school holidays to maximise engagement and revenue within your program. The length of any of the camp options are recommended to be a minimum of three days. You are able to add additional days to your camps where appropriate. You have the flexibility to decide on the Camp options that you want to run, the number of camps running over a week depending on coach availability, and also the places available per camp depending on the number of coaches delivering. All Golf Camps should be scheduled and bookings processed through your GLF Connect system. This will ensure that you can add value to the juniors experience, track your camps sign ups, engage with parents and measure the camps success. Finally, on the Junior Golf Camps page of the Coaches Toolbox, you can access a step-by-step scheduling guide that will assist you with recommended actions during this implementation phase and this links to a number of supporting resources. You should be aiming to offer a camp option for every week of the school holidays and the graphic below shows an example of how the camp options can be scheduled and come together across a calendar year. In this example using US School vacation dates, camps can be scheduled during Spring Break, Summer Holidays, Thanksgiving and the Winter Break. The specific delivery weeks may vary from club to club depending on the school dates in your region. The exact camp schedule for the week will vary depending on the specific camp option you choose, whether you choose to run any additional days and also the specific start and end times. In the example of Summer Vacation, we can see how the 3 different camp options could be scheduled across the week. You also have the flexibility to merge each of the camps together in order to give more flexibility for parents and juniors attending. All Junior Golf Camps should be scheduled and bookings processed through your GLF Connect system. Program booking filters have been created for you on your system and the GLF Connect Support Team has built a range of training material to help you get the camp scheduled correctly. The three camp options are categorised under the Junior Golf Camps Program filter. When building the Junior Golf Camp the name should be specific to the date and start time of the Junior Golf Camp. Further training is available from the GLF Connect support team to help you setup your camp correctly. Within the Support, a specific training video is available within the Scheduling section on the Coaches Toolbox Junior Golf Camp page. The price of your Junior Golf Camp will vary depending on a number of factors that will be specific to your coaching business and club, as well as the camp type and number of days that you decide to offer. You also need to consider that Golf Camps are designed to engage new juniors into your programs, therefore should be a low barrier to entry program. When running your Junior Golf Camp, you should ensure that regardless of the camp sign up numbers, you earn your hourly coaching rate. Decide on the camp type and number of days that you are offering and ensure that the price you set will guarantee you cover your hourly rate for the minimum number of participants that are required to attend for the camp to run. We recommend setting a minimum number of 2 participants to run your camp. You should calculate the hourly rate for the camp based on splitting this across 2 participants. You should also clearly outline this minimum number in your marketing terms and conditions. You need to add to the per junior price any extras you are adding. This may include a charge for Golf course access, equipment, or golf balls. You may also decide to add prizes, or food and beverage during the camp. Lunch should be included in the full day camp option. Unique to Junior Golf Camps is the opportunity for you to structure your week to include a week-long games based competition. This provides a great way of engaging juniors in the curriculum over the week, as well as creating a sense of fun, enjoyment and friendly competition. The Junior Camp Games can be delivered across each of the camp days, with the number of allocated games varying based on the camp length and number of days on offer. You can assign each junior a team to work with over the course of the week and represent. This will bring a sense of companionship and teamwork to the camp experience. Through the week, there are specific games built into the camp timetable across the different skill elements and warm up games, where juniors can accumulate points in teams. Through the specific team based games, points are accumulated each day that then contribute to their overall score for the week. The competition runs over the course of the camp week and applies to all camp options. The week culminates in the fun award ceremony to celebrate the success of all those involved and share this with the juniors parent or guardian! The number of games that contribute to the week long competition will depend on the camp type, due to the duration and also the number of days on offer. The camp timetables have been built so that a participating game is delivered within each camp session and across each of the skills. During a Mini camp, there are 3 games played each day, with one game across each of the skill sessions focusing on Swing, On the Green, and Around the Green, as well as a warm up game. During a Half day camp, there are 4 games played each day, with one game across each of the skill sessions focusing on Swing, On the Green and Around the Green, as well as a warm up game. During a Full day camp, there are 6 games played each day and 5 on the final day, with one game across all four Mastering the Game skills, as well as a warm up game. To ensure the Junior Camps are a great experience for all participants you should try to allocate teams fairly to make sure there is an even spread of ability levels across each of the teams. Within the Camp resources, the Team Scorecard will help you to allocate teams so you can remind children which team they are in, and update the scores throughout the camp. It is recommended that you have between 2 to 4 teams per camp, so that you can achieve a level playing field in terms of age and abilities. Use the team registers to allocate the children to their teams and to remind them which team they are in throughout the camp. Allow the children to create their own, fun team names to add a creative element to the camp through the week. You can also encourage them to create a team flag which will act as fun and social team activity at the start of the week. Use the Team Scorecard to record scores for the teams as they complete the games and challenges. This will also help educate juniors on how to mark a scorecard. Finally, update the scores at the end of each session and at the end of the day. This will keep the children engaged in the games and bring a purpose to each challenge. We have allocated one of the games in each session to be the game that the children can score points on and this contributes to the week long competition. We recommend that you closely monitor this specific game in each session and record the scores to ensure fairness for all involved. This game and all other games within a session, should be setup so that children can rotate around the games in teams. Make sure you set up the games so that all ability levels within the camp can achieve points. You should use your experience and if necessary adapt the games based on the experience of the children. Use the Team Scorecards to record scores. To make sure the games are scored fairly you should monitor the scoring game and then ensure each team marks their scorecards as they attempt each challenge. Once you have all the teams scores you should then award points for the overall week competition. 1st Place gets 4 Points, 2nd Place gets 3 Points, 3rd Place gets 2 Points and 4th gets 1 Point. The camp timetable has been built to give you a structure to follow, however from time to time you may need to be flexible with the number of, and types of games delivered. You should also ensure that you maintain fairness to all children across the week and adapt the games and teams where required. Via the Coaches Toolbox, you can access supporting resources to help you run the Junior Camp Games. You can navigate to the resources using three steps. Firstly, Select the Camp duration you are running. Next, Access the Lunchtime Activities and Team Scorecard from the Camp Duration page. Lastly, within the class plan you can view the team games that contribute to the Camp Games. This graphic below provides an example overview of the suggested schedule of the Junior Golf Camps across the three durations for a single camp day. Junior Golf Camps are available across three durations and during the camp juniors should get a chance to experience a range of skills, experience time on the course, and in the case of full day camps is inclusive of lunch. Scheduling the camp you should allow enough time for preparation and it is also important to schedule your camp when you can get access to the golf course. The exact content that will be covered within a camp will entirely depend on the camp duration type that you are running. However, each camp will include common themes in the flow of the day. Your camp should start by welcoming juniors and ensuring they are organised into their camp games teams. You should outline the flow of the day and start with a fun physical literacy warm up game which will contribute to the week long competition. Next, head to the first practice facility to introduce the child to the key skills within this area of the game. Help them develop their fundamentals and get them playing some fun team based games, as well as the games that contribute to the week long competition. After that, rotate to the next practice facility and work on the key skills within this area of the game. This is once again an opportunity to play some fun team based games and the games that contribute to the week long competition. If running a full day camp option, head for some lunch which should be included in the camp price. This is also an opportunity to run some lunchtime activities to increase the juniors knowledge of game. Lastly, if running a full day camp option, give your juniors a real sense of the game by heading to the course for a fun team scramble, team foursomes or team butterball competition. To assist you in planning and organizing your Junior Golf Camp, you can access downloadable plans through the Coaches Toolbox for each of the camp options. Visit the Junior Golf Camp page and choose the camp duration you require. You can view these via the Hub or download them to your device. Each type of Junior Camp will include a recommendation of how to layout your class to ensure it is delivered safely. Each class plan will also list the specific equipment required to deliver the games and activities within the Junior Camp. The timetables part of the plan provides you with an overview of what is delivered and how the timings are broken down across the duration of the Junior Camp. In addition, each class plan includes Game Cards that the junior attempts with a partner or in groups during the camp. Warm up Games are also included that are used to improve children's physical literacy. Lastly, each Junior Camp includes one game per session where the children can earn points for their team contributing to the week long competition. The end of camp award ceremony is particularly important, to highlight the achievements of the children during the week, and to promote and convert the camp attendees into regular participants of the Junior Weekly Program. Be sure to prepare for the award ceremony and have all the prizes and marketing collateral ready. You will need to have marketing collateral ready to give to each participant of the camps, be sure to offer a free taster session in order to maximise conversion from the camps to your Junior Weekly program. Make sure you keep the score tally sheets and team scorecards from previous days so you have a total score for the week. Be sure to have the prizes set up ready for the prize presentation, so you can present prizes without any delay. Finally, have someone on hand to capture some of the moments to share with parents and use in your future marketing and success stories. We recommend that you start implementing your Junior Golf Camp approximately 8 weeks prior to the date of the camp. This will ensure that you have adequate time to work through each stage of implementation, work with your team, club and the GLF Connect support team to make your camp a success. To begin implementation at 8 weeks prior, use the step by step guides which will walk you through the key tasks to get your events scheduled and into the GLF Connect system ready for marketing your Junior Camp. At 8-5 weeks prior, working with the team at your club, utilise the marketing resources and get prepared with the content required to market your Junior Camp through a variety of channels. At 4 weeks prior, it\'s time to push the button and get your first event out to your customers. Work with the team at your club on getting everything out to the right places. At 1 week prior, engage with your participants on key information you require from them and the next steps ready for delivery week. A range of communication templates are available for you to use. On delivery week, It's time to get prepared for your event and ensure everything is in order to deliver a great experience for your participants. You can access the class plans in the Coaches Toolbox. Within the first week post camp is a crucial period for re-engaging with your participants, capturing feedback and communicating information on further programming opportunities. Through the Coaches Toolbox on the GLF Connect system, you can access a variety of supporting resources that are specifically tailored to the Junior Golf Camp. We recommend you follow the step by step guides and utilise the resources for each step of implementation. Firstly, on the Junior Camp page follow the step by step guides to access the supporting resources. Then, Select the Junior Golf Camp option from the Junior Camp Page. Finally, access the supporting resources for the specific camp type. Take the next action towards launching your Junior Camps by following the recommended next steps. The first action is to navigate to the Junior Camps section of the Coach Toolbox and download the Scheduling and Planning Step by Step guide. Complete the tasks to get up and running. Next, follow the Step 2 Guide and get your marketing content in order and sent to the team at your club, ready for pushing the camps out to your customers. The final step is to push the button and begin marketing your event at your club through a variety of channels. Thank you for completing this Junior Camps Overview training module.