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COACHING JUNIOR GOLF. The Right Coach at the Right Place at the Right Time. TRADITION. PGA TRAIN AND EDUCATE GOLF PROFESSIONALS IN A RANGE OF SKILLS SUCCESSFUL? LIMITED COACH DEVELOPMENT HIGH TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE LIMITED ON COACHING PROCESS PRACTICE ON JUNIORS THEN MOVE ON
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COACHING JUNIOR GOLF The Right Coach at the Right Place at the Right Time
TRADITION • PGA TRAIN AND EDUCATE GOLF PROFESSIONALS IN A RANGE OF SKILLS • SUCCESSFUL? • LIMITED COACH DEVELOPMENT • HIGH TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE • LIMITED ON COACHING PROCESS • PRACTICE ON JUNIORS THEN MOVE ON • NEW APPROACH NEEDED
IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS DOES GOLF WANT • MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERING AND STAYING IN THE SPORT? • MORE ADULTS RETURNING TO AND FINDING THE SPORT? • MORE TALENTED PLAYERS REACHING THEIR POTENTIAL? • MORE ELITE PLAYERS? • TO BE THE BEST?
QUESTIONS GOLF MAY NEED TO/MAY HAVE ASKED? • WHAT EXPANSION DEMANDS WILL GOLF FACE? • HOW MANY COACHES ARE NEEDED? • WHAT TYPE OF COACHES ARE REQUIRED? • WHERE & WHEN ARE THEY REQUIRED? • IN WHAT STRUCTURES WILL THEY BE WORKING? • HOW DO CURRENT COACHES MATCH EMERGING NEEDS? • WHAT TURNOVER OF COACHES ARE LIKELY TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THE FUTURE?
Junior Golfers 17% 14% 11% 10% 7% 4%
Setting the Scene • Raising the profile of coaching • Origins of the UKCC¹ • Principles of the UKCC¹ • Golf Coach Education Pathway • The qualifications ¹ UK Coaching Certificate
Qualification Content • ‘How to Coach’ skills • Coaching process • Safety • Coaching styles • Learning styles etc. • ‘What to Coach’ skills • Putt, chip, pitch, full swing, bunker play • Understanding ball flight • Course strategy • Rules and etiquette
Draft Long Term Participant Development Pathway Participation-Oriented Performance-Oriented Community Sports Coaches Young people Club Sports Coaches Adult Master Adult Coaches Sustaining Participation Sustaining Performance High Performance Coaches Community Sports Coaches Adult LEARNING & RE-LEARNING TO PARTICIPATE Podium Talent Development Coaches (LSS) Development Club Sports Coaches Young people Talent Developing Participation Developing Performance Talent Development Coaches (ESS) Talent Development LEARNING TO PLAY AND PRACTICE EARLYSPEC.SPORTS Coaches of primary age children FUNDAMENTALS ACTIVE START
Draft Long Term Participant Development Pathway Participation-Oriented Performance-Oriented Sustaining Participation Sustaining Performance LEARNING & RE-LEARNING TO PARTICIPATE Podium Development Talent Developing Participation Developing Performance Talent Development EARLYSPEC.SPORTS LEARNING TO PLAY AND PRACTICE FUNDAMENTALS ACTIVE START
Participant Development Model ACTIVE START
Golf Club Coaching Structure CLUB PROFESSIONAL COACH – AM /PRO PARENTS / MEMBERS
NATIONAL REGIONAL COUNTY CLUB National coaching structure of the future?
Long Term Coach Development Model Children’s Senior Coach
Children's Senior Coach • Coaching environment Role Descriptor • Job Description • Person Specification • Qualification • CPD requirements • Employment Model • Licence • Performance Measures • Funding Avenues
COACHING STYLES • AUTOCRATIC TO DEMOCRATIC STYLES • OFTEN EMPHASIS ON ‘TELL’ • COMPLEXITY OF COACHING • COACH THE PLAYER NOT THE SWING • HOLISTIC COACHING • BACKWARD CHAINING • PRACTICE v RECIPROCAL
THE RIGHT COACH • HAS THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. • UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF THE PLAYER. • COACHES THE PLAYER NOT THE GOLF SWING • WILL HELP THE PLAYER UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN GOLF GAME AND THE ROLE GOLF PLAYS IN THEIR LIFE