Master the Challenges Event Guide PDF

The graphic provides an example overview of the suggested schedule of the Master the Challenges event. The event is recommended to be 3 hours in length giving enough time for the juniors to attempt each of the challenges and move around each of the stations. You have the flexibility to schedule the...

The graphic provides an example overview of the suggested schedule of the Master the Challenges event. The event is recommended to be 3 hours in length giving enough time for the juniors to attempt each of the challenges and move around each of the stations. You have the flexibility to schedule the event on a date and time to suit the needs of your program, coaching team and club. The exact timings of your event will vary and be specific to the needs of your day. You should plan for your event to last around 3 hours. There is also a flow to the event and recommendations for the role you play. You should be ready to confirm registration on the Event, welcome families and those participating to the event. You should outline the itinerary for the event, appoint a team captain and give them a scorecard, and also introduce participants to their other team members. You should run a short group introduction and get each team to create a fun team name. You then need to direct each team to their starting station. It's time to get started and each team should head to their starting station. Teams then rotate around each of the 9 challenges within the three skill categories. After the completion of the event, be ready to welcome participants in from playing and collect the team competition scorecards. At this stage you can also direct them to the award ceremony and the social area where they can wait until all participants have finished. Lastly, you should keep the environment fun by announcing a winner of the team competition. Additionally, distribute any specific program stickers, hat pins and hats that have been achieved by juniors when attempting the challenges. You have the flexibility to expand on this to make the challenges suitable for your club and engaging for your participants. The equipment you require for each specific challenge is provided within each of the challenge set up guides. Included within this equipment is 10 safety cones. These should be used to mark out the hitting areas within each of the challenges. Also included are 120 mixed colour cones. These should be used to mark the target areas to ensure the challenges are visually engaging. There will be 20 alignment sticks, which should be used to mark out the target gates within the Swing Challenges on your Driving Range or Practice Area outfield. As well as, 12 foam noodles, which should be used to mark out the target gates at each level within the Swing Challenges on your Driving Range or Practice Area outfield. Also included will be 9 putting cones, which should be used to mark out the Putting Course for the Scoring Challenge within the On the Green element. There will be 6 ft and 10 ft diameter hoops, which should be used to mark the target areas within the On the Green and Around the Green elements. Finally, tee pegs are included, which should be used to mark out the additional starting positions within the Short Putts and Long Putts challenges. Depending on the success of your Event and the number of juniors that attend, it will be difficult for you to monitor each of the challenge categories and the individual challenges. You will need to put a level of trust in your juniors and the team captains. However, it is recommended that additional coaches at your club support the event and ideally you should have a coach supervising each of the three categories. You may also want to consider recruiting a supervisor to assist with the event. This could be a Young Leader who is a member at your club or an older junior enrolled on the program. It could also be an accredited adult supervisor with your club, but isn't recommended to be a parent of a junior attending the Event. Each team should rotate around the three Skills Categories which are; Full Swing, On the Green and Around the Green. The exact layout of these stations and how you incorporate this into your event will of course be dependant on your club. We recommend that you setup the challenges in each of the categories in three distinct areas so that these can clearly be identified by juniors that are participating. Juniors should aim to have 45 minutes at each skill category. The exact setup of the Swing Challenges will depend on the Practice Ground/ Driving Range facility at your club. However, you should aim to have all of the challenges clearly setup so that each team of 4 can rotate around the 3 challenges. In the example, each challenge is setup as an individual challenge, with teams having 15 minutes to complete each challenge station. The exact setup of the Around the Green challenges will depend on the short game facility at your club. However, you should aim to have each of the challenges clearly setup so that each team of 4 can rotate around each of the 3 challenges. In this example, every challenge is setup as an individual challenge, with teams having 15 minutes to complete each challenge station. When setting up the Pitching and Bunker Challenge you should consider the safety of juniors taking part. The exact setup of the On the Green challenges will depend on your putting green facility at your club. However, you should aim to have the challenges clearly setup so that each team of 4 can rotate around all of the 3 challenges. In this example, every challenge is setup at an individual challenge and teams should have 15 minutes to complete each challenge station. The Scoring Challenge can be setup over 9 holes if the size of your green allows, or you can utilize the 3 holes on your green. To run your event effectively, you will need some equipment in addition to the challenge equipment. For the event you will need the team scorecards in order for the team captains to record the scores as juniors rotate around the challenges. These can be downloaded from the Coaches Toolbox. This event is an opportunity for juniors to complete the challenges within their specific level. You can access editable scorecards for each challenge and level which will help juniors record their attempts. You can access signage which will clearly identify the challenge, as well as cards which can be displayed at each station giving juniors further information about the challenge. On the day, you may need to distribute Level Stickers, Hat pins or Hats if a junior successfully completes the required challenges within each skill and level. Although you should be recommending that parents purchase the correct equipment for attendees, you should be ready to supply participants with an equipment bag if they require it. As a high quality coach, you are expected to manage the teams and ensure the event meets the needs of all participants and the needs of the program when attempting the challenges. However, we have put together some of the most important elements to ensure your challenge opportunities are a success and your Event is as fun as possible. Take the time to walk the juniors through the challenge and answer any questions they may have. If you have followed the layout guide and used the equipment within your equipment bag, the challenges should be visually engaging. Remember the challenges are there to allow you to measure the junior's progress on the program, but also to keep it engaging and motivating for them. Keep the challenge element fun at all times and avoid putting an emphasis on it being a test or assessment. Keep the language you use fun and light hearted at all times. Success or failure, you should encourage juniors to be supportive at all times. You may on occasions need to reassure a junior or equally praise a junior for their success. Be mindful of how your praise could be interpreted by others and the juniors. Ideally, you would supervise each junior\'s attempt at the challenge during the event. However, the unexpected will happen and there may be times when you need to use your judgement to allow juniors to complete the challenge under supervision of the team. Finally, resources have been provided to you in the Training Hub to help you setup the challenges correctly and provide all of the resources to help the teams on the Event understand the challenges and record their scores.