When I was going to golf school (United States Golf Federation - Arizona) I learned these topics:
Common Sense Golf Teaching Ideas
Understanding Ball Flight Laws
Teaching the Golf Swing - Full Swing, Short Game & Trouble Shots
Psychology of Teaching Golf
Rules of the Game
Marketing Yourself as a Golf Teaching Professional
Club fitting - What Teaching Professionals Should Know
Faults & Cures for Teaching Professionals
Use of Video in teaching
Typical day:
Both Classroom Theory and Learning on the Golf Course.
After the classroom theory each morning, groups break up with the various teaching professionals. Again the focus is on learning to teach but this time you are on the practice facility itself. You are also with a different teaching professional each day so you can gain the knowledge and methodology of several teachers. You have the opportunity to hit plenty of balls as well as become familiar with the golf course.
We usually break for lunch at noon and reconvene in one hour. Each day you have the opportunity to practice teach with your fellow students. In this scenario, we make it a point of never putting people on the spot or making them feel uncomfortable. For the most part, practice teaching is done one on one and not necessarily in a class type format.
Afternoon play on the golf course is scheduled after 2 pm with your fellow students. Your teaching professional is present with you until 3 pm. Participants have the opportunity to play 18 holes per day.
The Playing Ability Test and Verbal Teaching Test take place on the last two days. The multiple choice Written Rules Test is issued to you on the 3rd day after the rules talk is completed and turned in the following morning before class begins.
Every day after school, we get to play out on the course to get ready for the playability test, playing with people from other countries - Sweden, Japan, Korea, Germany and it was fun to get to know other people, i remember when i was hitting balls on the range with the other students there was this guy that was 6'4 to 6" or so that was next to me and people around him, later I found out that he was a Long Distance Champion, hitting his 7I about 190-200+ yards to his Driver 320+ yards almost hitting the other people on the other side of the range, he was showing how he hit the balls so far and telling them it's nice to hit that far but on a normal golf course i hit my 4I or 3I and sometime my 7W or 5W unless par 5 straight fairway maybe slight dog leg to left or right then he uses a driver but not very often he uses it which sounds logical unless the course has no trees like ST. Andrews.
First day of the playability test was a challenge, I was with a guy from Sweden, Japanese and Korean and the 2 Asians keep telling me and the guy from Sweden that we won't pass this and your not going to make this shot, they said something on every hole to us and the funny thing is that it was not a tournament, you just had to score 170 or less to pass the course. (85 or less on each day)
Second day of the playability test was hot,
played with a guy from Las Vegas (James) and a married couple, the husband just came to pass his playability test to get his level 3 certification which he passed.
Had some wonderful shots like a par 3 with a pond in front of the green, I hit the ball low right above the water flying about 1 1/2 to 2 feet from water then skipped 2 times then landed on the green about 10 feet to the hole and miss putt but made par.
Common Sense Golf Teaching Ideas
Understanding Ball Flight Laws
Teaching the Golf Swing - Full Swing, Short Game & Trouble Shots
Psychology of Teaching Golf
Rules of the Game
Marketing Yourself as a Golf Teaching Professional
Club fitting - What Teaching Professionals Should Know
Faults & Cures for Teaching Professionals
Use of Video in teaching
Typical day:
Both Classroom Theory and Learning on the Golf Course.
After the classroom theory each morning, groups break up with the various teaching professionals. Again the focus is on learning to teach but this time you are on the practice facility itself. You are also with a different teaching professional each day so you can gain the knowledge and methodology of several teachers. You have the opportunity to hit plenty of balls as well as become familiar with the golf course.
We usually break for lunch at noon and reconvene in one hour. Each day you have the opportunity to practice teach with your fellow students. In this scenario, we make it a point of never putting people on the spot or making them feel uncomfortable. For the most part, practice teaching is done one on one and not necessarily in a class type format.
Afternoon play on the golf course is scheduled after 2 pm with your fellow students. Your teaching professional is present with you until 3 pm. Participants have the opportunity to play 18 holes per day.
The Playing Ability Test and Verbal Teaching Test take place on the last two days. The multiple choice Written Rules Test is issued to you on the 3rd day after the rules talk is completed and turned in the following morning before class begins.
Every day after school, we get to play out on the course to get ready for the playability test, playing with people from other countries - Sweden, Japan, Korea, Germany and it was fun to get to know other people, i remember when i was hitting balls on the range with the other students there was this guy that was 6'4 to 6" or so that was next to me and people around him, later I found out that he was a Long Distance Champion, hitting his 7I about 190-200+ yards to his Driver 320+ yards almost hitting the other people on the other side of the range, he was showing how he hit the balls so far and telling them it's nice to hit that far but on a normal golf course i hit my 4I or 3I and sometime my 7W or 5W unless par 5 straight fairway maybe slight dog leg to left or right then he uses a driver but not very often he uses it which sounds logical unless the course has no trees like ST. Andrews.
First day of the playability test was a challenge, I was with a guy from Sweden, Japanese and Korean and the 2 Asians keep telling me and the guy from Sweden that we won't pass this and your not going to make this shot, they said something on every hole to us and the funny thing is that it was not a tournament, you just had to score 170 or less to pass the course. (85 or less on each day)
Second day of the playability test was hot,
played with a guy from Las Vegas (James) and a married couple, the husband just came to pass his playability test to get his level 3 certification which he passed.
Had some wonderful shots like a par 3 with a pond in front of the green, I hit the ball low right above the water flying about 1 1/2 to 2 feet from water then skipped 2 times then landed on the green about 10 feet to the hole and miss putt but made par.
Saturday was banquet night when we get our certification papers if you passed saying, your a Teaching Professional or Certified Teaching Professional. (Looks like a Diploma) other than that, i thought i was a pretty good course to go through to be a Teaching Professional.
My wife was a good sport helping me on what I have learned each night, could not do it with out her and helping me with every thing in my life as well.LOL
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