Coaching Golf Successfully

by Bill J. Madonna

Overview

If you are involved in developing young golf teams, this book is for you. Specifically designed to help you build winning golf programs, Coaching Golf Successfully is the ideal teaching tool for coaches and golf instructors. After reading this book you will be able to conduct effective practice sessions, identify technical flaws, and teach course management.

More than just stroke instruction, Coaching Golf Successfully provides a complete system for building and maintaining a successful golf program. And you also get stories and examples of what has actually worked for other coaches and instructors across the country. The methods covered in this book are so straightforward and practical that you will be able to apply them to your own team immediately.

Author Bill Madonna has been a PGA teaching professional for 30 years and has conducted more than 40,000 golf lessons. He is also the founder and head of the National Association of Golf Coach Educators (NAGCE), the organization responsible for supplying general information, teaching materials, and certification for high school golf coaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492586036
Publisher:	Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date:	07/16/2001
Series:	Coaching Successfully
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	27 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bill Madonna has been a PGA teaching professional for 30 years and is currently the director of instruction for the National Association of Golf Coaches and Educators (NAGCE), which he also founded. Madonna is a teaching consultant for the National Golf Foundation and serves as the national golf coach for Bermuda. He has also owned and operated the Bill Madonna Golf Academy since 1975.

Madonna has earned the Teacher of the Year award and has been chosen by GOLF Magazine as one of the Top 100 Teaching Professionals in America for the last three years.

He and his wife, Bonnie, live in Orlando, Florida.

Table of Contents

Part I: Coaching Foundation

Chapter 1: Developing a Coaching Philosophy

Chapter 2: Communicating Your Approach

Chapter 3: Motivating Golfers

Chapter 4: Building a School Golf Program

Part II: Coaching Plans

Chapter 5: Planning and Preparing for the Season

Chapter 6: Coach Lesson Plans

Chapter 7: Preparing for Practices

Part III: Teaching Techniques and Tactics

Chapter 8: Teaching by "Incremental Learning"

Chapter 9: Putting

Chapter 10: Chipping

Chapter 11: Pitching

Chapter 12: The Full Swing

Chapter 13: Sand Play

Part IV: Coaching Matches

Chapter 14: Preparing for Matches

Chapter 15: Coaching on the Course

Part V: Coaching Evaluation

Chapter 16: Evaluating Team Members' Performance

Chapter 17: Evaluating Your Program