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BITESIZE GOLF

"World class long-term junior golfer development programme".

10 levels of incredible learning

"World class long-term junior golfer development programme"

Teaching golf to kids is different to other forms of golf coaching and arguably it's the most difficult and takes the most skill as a coach. There are many qualities you need, such as patience, fantastic communication skills and creativity. If you possess abundant amounts of these, you'll be a brilliant coach of young players and the rewards will be enormous. If you can take a medium to long-term approach to developing talent, there's no reason why your young proteges cannot reach elite levels of golfing performance, which reflects greatly on your abilities as a top coach and has huge benefits to your facility and indeed the whole game of golf.

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Why Bitesize Golf works so effectively

The Bitesize Golf bridge

One of the biggest if not the biggest problem with getting boys and girls into golf is continuity. A schools initiative may introduce children to golf, but it’s hit or miss as to how many find their way to the next step, which could be group lessons at a local club or range. The pro, or usually the assistant’s assistant give some freebies, introductory or roll-up cheap sessions and then hope the new golfers take it from there and book some more coaching, join the club or in most cases drift away again.

If a young golfer sticks with it and improves, through whatever means, they may become proficient enough to qualify for elite coaching from one of the Golf unions or federations who look after these high performers. The whole system in general is too disjointed. with coaches handing pupils from one to another and so called programmes not taking kids from starter to elite performer. There are too many cracks in the system and too many potential young golfers are lost to the game.

Red Level 1

Beginner

This is where the journey begins. Red Level 1 is a basic introduction to the game focussing on the basics.

Contents include:

Aim

Hold

Dress code

Identifying your ball

Different shots

Pace of play

Taking care of the course

Play the ball as it lies

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Orange Level 2

Learner

Great stuff, pupils are having fun and progressing. This second level starts adding to the levels of knowledge and building their skills

Contents include:

Pre-shot routine

Saving time

The teeing area

Features of the course

Things you should have in your golf bag

Swing away Swing through

Safety

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Yellow Level 3

Improver

After completing the first 2 levels, pupils will now be getting into the swing of things and ready to take on new information and begin to develop repetitive swing actions.

Contents include:

Building your stance

Addressing the ball to play wood shots

Introduction to the rule book layout

Definitions of rules

Being quiet on the course

Bunker shots

Putting pointers

Clubhouse rules

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Green Level 4

Committed

Pupils are now becoming committed golfers. This level introduces drills and skills to help motivate pupils into practising with purpose between coaching sessions.

Contents include:

Balance

Timing

Good sportsmanship

The handicapping system

Distance control around the greens

Chipping tips

Who plays when

Judging distance on putts

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Blue Level 5

Accomplished

Already approaching the halfway point. It would be expected that pupils have been playing, practising and having coaching for nearly a year by this point.

Contents include:

Weak, strong, neutral holds

Letting players through

One piece swing away

Courtesy on the course

Landing spots

Stance and stability

Rules 4, 5 and 6 covered

Out of range

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Indigo Level 6

Proficient

Pupils are now regular golfers with handicaps and they're improving fast. As we move into the upper levels of the programme progress can be rapid. Contents include:

Maintaining consistency

How to work out your distances

Playing straighter shots

Learning some golf jargon

Rule 6, 7, and 8 explained

Playing the lob shot

Putting limbo

It's all in the ball

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Violet Level 7

Advanced

This is the point where we introduce positive golfing psychology, health and fitness to the programme. This level of coaching is normally reserved for more elite players, but with Bitesize Golf it's now available for all players progressing to this level and beyond, you no longer have to wait for a call up from some panel.

Contents include:

The power engine of the swing

Stat sheets

Building resistance

How you learn, neural pathways

Shaping your shots

Stretching out

Zoning in on the flag

Pictures in your mind

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Coral Level 8

Skilled

The programme now fully incorporates coaching, plenty of constructive, purposeful practice with specialised drills and routines. Pupils are now highly educated in the facets of golf and have an in-depth knowledge of their swings and their shotmaking ability. The new psychological section is preparing them for tournament play, with strategies for coping with pressure situations and how to stay in the present so the voice in their head is helpful rather than nibbling away at their confidence.

Contents include:

Play to your strengths

Positive feedback

Creating your own course planner

Self talk and self belief

Creating anchors

Plugged in a bunker

Time to relax

Upper body strength exercises

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Silver Level 9

Talented

The talented level is how we label Silver simply because any young person who has reached this level is truly talented in the field of golf. It has taken many hours of dedication, persistence and perseverance. It is quite conceivable that players at this level are comfortably playing single figure golf and extremely valuable members of any golf facility.

Contents include:

Uphill lie

Ball below feet

Goal setting

Energy and diet

Pattern breaking

Visualisation

The food pyramid

Drinks and hydration

Plus much more

Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

Gold Level 10

Elite

This is a wonderful achievement to reach this level in golf and Bitesize Golf applauds all pupils who are at this standard. To complete this level you will not only have to be a very proficient and highly skilled player, but you will have to have an enormous amount of golf knowledge, which will set you in very good stead throughout your golfing careers and stay with you for each game you play.

Contents include:

Shaping shots

Psychological tools

Playing your 'B' game

7 habits of champion golfers

Fighting fit for tournaments

Best foods for great golf

Periodisation

Rules 20, 21, 22, 23 &24

Plus much more Book, lesson plan, challenges, report, certificate

With each level you get the lesson plan

Teaching kids is different, teaching younger kids is very different and takes a special set of coaching skills. It is arguably the most difficult area of coaching but also the most rewarding. As a top coach you have the opportunity to create an elite athlete or player, you are faced with a blank canvas and time to mould and shape a pupil who has virtually unlimited potential.

These lesson plans are the culmination of over 40 years specialising in working with and coaching thousands of pupils aged 3 to 18. Whether it's one to one or a full school class of over 30. There are many secrets woven into the whole programme, some are more obvious than others but every step has been carefully designed to build the 'success cycle'. Once you get this rotating, you and your pupils are on the pathway to success, however you both choose to determine what success is. For some, it's simply knowing enough to play golf on an ad-hoc basis with friends and colleagues. For others, it's reaching the highest standard they can possibly achieve, to play competitions and tournaments and look to win silverware and titles as they go. You can guide and advise, but ultimately it's the student who will decide what's right for them.

Above all else, these lesson plans and the whole Bitesize Golf development programme focusses on having fun. Creating fast-paced sessions with lots of content and ensuring pupils are engaged.

In very simple terms if a child has fun doing something, they will want to do it again and again. By watching, learning and repeating an action, they improve at the skill and it becomes even more fun. More fun and excitement means even more engagement in the activity and the acquisition on higher skills and the whole cycle repeats and repeats until you have an elite performer and mastery of the skills.

Here are a few of the elements you will find interlaced throughout the programme

Skills acquisition

Skills development

Over 500 drills, skills, games and exercises

Step by step, pupil-centred progression

Stretch targets

Practise routines

A total golf education covering rules, etiquette, history and traditions

Physical fitness and well-being

Psychological tips and training to strengthen young minds

Performance assessment and feedback

PAR's challenges, which form the Player's Achievement Records

On course development and experience

'You must keep going with your vision Dave..."

Sandy Jones - ex Secretary of the PGA GB & I

Bitesize Golf has received recognition and acclaim from many of the world's top coaches associated with junior golf development, along with praise and encouragement from golf associations and unions.

I can thoroughly recommend this book by my dear friend and fellow passionate advocate of junior golf, Rudy Duran, who also happened to be Tiger Woods childhood coach. Some great tales and anecdotes here as well as many tips and advice on how he worked with Tiger as a very young child. It’s a fascinating read and a valuable guide if you have a kid in golf.