Running Practice Clubs PDF

It is vital that you are organized for a practice club and there are a number of tasks that we recommend you complete prior to the day of delivery and just before the start of the session. This will ensure that you can deliver on the practice club content, operate a safe environment, offer a knocko...

It is vital that you are organized for a practice club and there are a number of tasks that we recommend you complete prior to the day of delivery and just before the start of the session. This will ensure that you can deliver on the practice club content, operate a safe environment, offer a knockout experience for this attending but also ensure that you do not negatively impact the experience of other members or guest at your club. In the week prior or a few days before, we recommend you prepare by downloading the practice club plan from the Coaches toolbox to help educate yourself about the content of the class and what is required. You should ensure you have reserved the coaching facility or inform those at your club about the session. You should organize the equipment you need for the practice club including clubs, equipment for the challenges and Game stations. Ensure you have some time blocked into your schedule prior to the session start time and message your students on GLF or via email reminding them of the practice club, the location and expectations. It is the day of delivery and you should ensure you arrive at least 15 minutes prior in order to setup your practice club including the Games and Mastering the Game Challenges. You should ensure you have all of the equipment necessary, including spare clubs and be available 5 minutes prior in order meet and greet the participants. Finally, It's time to run your practice club and deliver a great Learn to Play Golf experience at your club! Remember that practice clubs are built to offer an alternative element to your program than the weekly themed classes. Therefore, the way in which you setup and deliver the practice clubs should be different. The practice clubs are a chance for learners to develop their skills, but also to develop deeper social connections with other learners on the program and build confidence being at the club. Your practice clubs should be less formal, however we recommend you deliver your practice club to include a specific structure. The practice club should start with a short introduction to the class and the challenge and activities available. Halfway through the session, the learners can be brought back together to discuss the Whole Golfer or Learning the Game Focus. The learners can attempt the challenges within the specific Mastering the Game focus for that specific practice club theme. In this example, one learner is attempting the Bunker Challenge. The learners can engage in social practice with others during the session as well as independent practice. The learners should be able to access private coaching time with you to refine their skills and recap on the themed class content. You will need to use your skill as a coach to manage the time accordingly with each student. Practice clubs are an informal supplementary experience designed to offer learners an opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge, develop social connections with others and build confidence at the club. Within these sessions, you have the freedom to add your own expertise but are required to deliver the content with the practice club plans. The graphic on the screen provides an example image of how we suggest you layout an example practice club, in this example practice your swing. This will help you to deliver on the content of the plans and ensure the session is delivered as safely as possible. Practice stations provide the learner with an opportunity to practice with a prescribed drill. This is useful for engaging the learner in guided discovery. You may also want to use this station for private coaching. At the game stations the learner can attempt an engaging and competitive game or guided discovery activity in pairs or small groups. Learners can attempt the challenges within each skill for the relevant skill focus. The exact setup of the challenges will vary for each facility and you need to ensure that each challenge is available but setup as safely as possible. Providing a knockout experience to those attending doesn't just stop with delivering the main content of your practice club. What you deliver at the end of the class is just as important to the success of the program and development of each learner. At the end of the practice club, we recommend you take the time to actively encourage social connections between participants as this will allow those who may not have been confident in starting a conversation to engage with others in the group. This is also a great chance to engage with learners on a one to one basis, to receive feedback on how they felt the session went and to provide additional support if needed in the form of booking private lessons or being able to speak openly away from the group environment. Learners should be encouraged to play together outside of practice clubs. Facilitating the opportunity to play together after a class will help to improve the learner's ability, enjoyment and confidence on the course. You should promote the course play opportunities within your program during these sessions. Just like in the themed classes you should encourage learners to track their progress through the program and utilise the features within the GLF Connect system.