MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
As any successful golf club manager will tell you, the approach to their success is mainly their personal philosophy to managing their business. Think of it as your own golf swing: It has a lot of personal touches (characteristics) that work for you and not for everyone, but it also must have some “fundamentals” to make it work. The fundamental side of golf club management can be taught, and as long as you follow the basic teachings,...
You‛re No Longer Alone
Seven years ago, while I was attending the University of Florida to earn my Master’s degree in Education, I attended the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual conference in Sarasota, Florida. It seemed like a good idea to get involved in an organization dedicated to what I was about to jump head fi rst into – teaching high school social studies. Furthermore, the supervisor of my program, Dr. Paul George, had made it...
MOTOR SKILL LEARNING
People differ in what they find interesting, and these differences influence learning. We all make choices about the activities in which we choose to involve ourselves. Skill and knowledge are required, whether learning to play a musical instrument or a particular sport. Learning is the acquisition of new information and the ability to use that information in some way, and then to repeat it. Motor learning (or learning how to move in...
WHAT THEY SAY… WHAT THEY MEAN
Golfers everywhere seem to have a common set of swing “reasons” why they hit the shot they just hit. The USGTF Technical Committee came up with a list of six phrases you can hear at just about any course across the country on any given day. These phrases deal with swing sensations and not the actual happening, such as “I hit it fat.” Of course, these golfers are telling us what they are feeling, but the root causes often are...
Inspirational Golf Teachers
Inspiration takes many forms. Singular as a snowflake, it can float languidly into one’s consciousness, delight suddenly with its originality, or be as simple as a word of encouragement. For golf instructors, sources of inspiration often arise from remembered encounters with their own teachers, sometimes decades earlier – with impressions that can last a lifetime. To golf’s finest and most successful teachers, demonstrating proper...
Presidents Message
If you have never had the opportunity to visit China, the upcoming World Golf Teachers Cup this October might be a great reason to do so. USGTF China president Steve Mak and his team are hosting the event, which will take place at the Sun Island Golf Club in Shanghai. This will be the first time that the 11th biennial World Cup will be held in Asia. All the information regarding the event can be accessed at...
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