Tracking Junior Golf Progress PDF

Tracking progress is one the the most important elements of the Orbis Programs and it's value cannot be underestimated. To deliver an effective Junior Golf Academy program, the relationship between the coach, the parent and the juniors is of vital importance As a coach, you need to be able to track...

Tracking progress is one the the most important elements of the Orbis Programs and it's value cannot be underestimated. To deliver an effective Junior Golf Academy program, the relationship between the coach, the parent and the juniors is of vital importance As a coach, you need to be able to track the progress of juniors within your programs, This is vital for tailoring your programs to the needs of each junior, directing their journey effectively and ensuring that they remain in your programs for the long term. Juniors will want to enjoy playing and learning the game. They will be engaged within your program by seeing progress and earning achievements along the way. Parents are the gatekeepers of the juniors participation into your programs and you need to manage this relationship carefully. You need to be able to demonstrate their juniors progress at every step and empower parents to play a leading role in their juniors engagement and development. Central to tracking a juniors progress through your programs are the mechanisms to measure, record and then reward progress. Our Junior Academy programs and the supporting resources have been built to allow you to meet these needs at every stage. Where developmentally appropriate, you can measure a junior's progress through a number of skills based challenges across the four skill elements of Swing, On the Green, Around the Green and Course Play. Our seamlessly integrated GLF Connect system and powerful data insights also allow you to measure progress at every step. The junior\'s journey through the programme can be tracked through physical and digital resources such as My Game + feature within GLF Connect and the My Academy Junior Folder. The junior is rewarded for their achievements and progress through physical rewards such as progress levels hats, hat pins, stickers and virtual rewards on the GLF Connect App. Through participation in the Junior Academy Programme, the junior will have the opportunity to working through a progression pathway across six levels with the levels colour coded across the programme resources and delivery. Access to the progression pathway is delivered to juniors aged 6-16 but, you as the coach have the flexibility to decide when this is appropriate for each junior. The Mastering the Game learning outcome is used as the means to monitor, track and reward the junior's journey through the progression levels and the junior is able to attempt a number of challenges during programme classes and events. The first three levels of the progression pathway are intended as the entry levels of the programme. Targeted towards juniors with limited to no experience of the game, working to achieve the basic competency across the Mastering the Game learning outcome where physical maturity isn't a barrier to progression. The latter three levels of the progression pathway are targeted towards juniors with experience of the game or who demonstrate a level of competency across the learning outcomes and a level of physical maturity to attempt the challenges within the Swing and Play elements. Those juniors working towards these levels are beginning to demonstrate the ability to play the golf course socially, independently and competitively within a club environment. The junior's progress across the six levels and the four Mastering the Game skills are assessed using 72 Challenges. There are three challenges within each skill element at each level. Challenges are to be completed during classes and events, but you have the discretion to run these challenges during other Programme activities such as individual lessons. You should also use your discretion when juniors attempt these challenges during classes. The challenges have been designed to be easily conducted during these classes. Recording a junior's progress through the program is of vital importance to you, the junior and the parent. It will support you in managing the junior\'s journey, demonstrating their progress as well as ending the junior and parent in the program. The program has been built with the ability to track progress via two methods The myAcademy folder is a physical resource which can be supplied to juniors enrolled on the program through a welcome pack. This is the hub for tracking the junior's journey through the programme, the progression pathway and levels. It has has been designed to give you flexibility in the programme delivery and is aimed at being engaging and easy to use for you and the junior during programme classes and events. The folder is golf bag size, includes interchangeable resources and a range of editable and educations pages directly linked to the program delivery. The GLF Connect My Game + feature accessible on both iOS and Android Mobile App is accessible for coaches, parents and the junior. This gives the ability to access a range of online features to manage the junior's engagement with the program as well as communicate and track their journey through the program at every stage. The junior can visually track progress through the progression pathway and levels using the myProgress Wheels accessible via the physical folder and my Game + feature on GLF Connect. The wheels also offer an engaging way for the junior to track progress by allowing them to colour in each of them on successful completion of the challenges within each element. The Mastering the Game my Progress Wheel consists of four skill elements and the six progress levels are used to track the journey toward achieving the Level Hats. The four skill wheels are used to track the junior's journey towards achieving Skill Stickers and Hat Pins. Rewarding the junior's progress through the program at certain milestones is a vital element. It is a vital component to drive continued engagement of the parent and junior and celebrate success of all involved. A number of physical rewards and virtual rewards have been built into the program The junior is working towards the attainment of Junior Hats across the six levels. Juniors receive a coloured level hat on successful completion of all 12 challenges, within each level, across all four skill elements of Swing, Around the Green, On the Green and On the Course. On the journey towards collecting the Junior Hats, the junior has the opportunity to collect Junior Hat Pins across each of the four skill elements and the six levels. The junior is able to collect pins across all of the levels regardless of them achieving the pins necessary for being awarded their coloured level hat. Skill Achievement Stickers are awarded to the junior on successful completion of the specific challenges within each of the four skill elements of Swing, Around the Green, On the Green and Play across the six levels. Achievement Stickers can also be awarded for a range of positive behaviours within programme classes or events and be collected within the myAcademy folder. Via my Game + Feature on GLF Connect the junior can earn virtual rewards including virtual stickers, hat pins, hats and certificates for each milestone they achieve on the program