Academy by Design
Four
Seasons Junior Golf Academy is designed to present golf as a fun
and exciting challenge for today’s youth. The program combines a simplified approach to teaching the golf
principles through verbalization and visual demonstration with fun oriented games and
activities to apply the techniques being taught. By relating the
unknown to the known with the mechanics and use of common terms and the
explanation of the meanings and how they apply.
Competition and Interaction
Through the use of tools we help juniors push themselves to focus and improve with games, skill drills & self
test activities. At the same time,
we help develop not only golf skills but planning,
knowledge, practice, goal setting, physical skill, strategy and sportsmanship on the golf course.
Success Progression
This is a theory that resonates through our Junior
Academy teaching philosophies. We will
begin small in techniques and theories to build confidence and early success
before advancing to more complex steps. Reinforcement and feedback
are given based on proper mechanic use and when a student properly demonstrates
the correct mechanics being taught during the lesson.
Positive Communication
Positive
Communication is always at the forefront of the teaching
staff. Never communicating what is “Wrong”
with a swing as it tends to fear & lower self esteem, but rather, finding
the “Good” in the swing and building from that to heighten interest and
strengthen confidence and behavior.
JUNIOR Handicaps
will be kept through the Academy Season – These handicaps are intended to teach
juniors of the purpose of a USGA handicap figure as an indication of current ability
and to even the playing field of different skilled golfers and to take pride in
reducing their handicap index as their skills improve.
Play
Considerations for Club Throwing, Swearing, Littering, Cheating or violation
for any golf course rules or regulations will not be tolerated. In the case of a junior breaching these rules
a letter will be sent home to the parents and the junior will be suspended from
play on the golf course.
We
are excited about this year’s Junior Golf Program and welcome all juniors
between the ages of eight (8) to seventeen (17) to join us in the summer fun!
Matthew Meneghetti
Golf Professional