Teens on The TeeLesson Plan # 6

Core Lesson: Perseverance/Finding Your Personal Par Core Values: Perseverance – to persist in an idea, purpose or task despite obstacles. Core Lesson: Personal Par – A measure of how YOU usually perform in golf, at home or in school. Healthy Habit: Play – A variety of energizing play can help the body stay strong, lean and fit.

School – learning, building relationships and contributing to the school environment leads to success in other areas of life.

Rules of Golf and Etiquette: Be Ready to Play, Relief Situations, Search Time and Dropping the Ball Golf Fundamental: Target Awareness (Work on Ball Position) Homework: Page 11 PLAYer book and Pages 15 – 16 Par book

Warm-Up: Golf Fitness Warm-Up Activity (even numbered workout day – see separate “Golf Circuit Warm-Up” handout located on the private coach website).Opening Questions: After completing the golf fitness warm up exercise above, coaches and participants will discuss the following questions:

1. What does the word perseverance mean? 2. Why is it important to demonstrate perseverance in all areas of your life? 3. Why is play important?4. What are the three golf fundamentals learned in PLAYer? Get Ready to Swing, Target Awareness and

Distance Response5. Why is building relationships in school helpful to your success?6. What is Personal Par? (Coach to explain the definition- Personal Par is a measure of performance that

varies from one PLAYer to another, and is based on his/her own current abilities)7. How can Personal Par be a helpful tool on the golf course? Off of the golf course?8. Do you think your Personal Par will always stay the same?

Please do not spend more than 5 - 8 minutes discussing all the material above.

Rules of Golf and Etiquette:

Etiquette – PLAYers should be ready to play as soon as it is their turn. When you are putting leave your bags or carts in a position that will enable quick movement to the next hole. When play is completed immediately leave the putting green. Do not record your score on the green. This is called “Ready Golf.”Relief Situations – Ball Must Be Dropped Straight Down from Knee Height Without Touching Player or Equipment. The player must let go of the ball from a location at knee height so that the ball:

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• Falls straight down, without the player throwing, spinning or rolling it or using any other motion that might affect where the ball will come to rest, and • Does not touch any part of the player’s body or equipment before it hits the ground. (Rule 14)

If you hit your ball Out of Bounds or your ball is lost (Ball Cannot Be Found within Three Minutes), you need to take one Penalty Stroke and play again from the spot where you last played.

If you think your ball might be Out of Bound or lost it is a good idea to hit a Provisional Ball to save time. A Provisional Ball is hit from the spot where you last hit. If you find your ball and it is in bounds, just pick up your Provisional ball. You do not count strokes made with the Provisional ball. (Rule 18) Note: Out of Bounds is normally marked with White Stakes or a fence.

Ball Position – Review ball position / clubs with the participants in a group. See diagrams below.

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Activity 1: Stroke Play Putting

Objectives of Game: To teach participants the difference between stroke play and match play, as they also work on target awareness and ball position.

Objectives of Golf Fundamental: Students will incorporate the golf fundamental target awareness and work on ball position.

Supplies: Cones, alignment sticks, balls, and golf clubs

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Description of Set-Up: Set up three sets of cones, one short, medium, and long-distance shot. Feel free to adjust the amount of stations based on the number of participants within each class. Provide an alignment stick at each station.

How to Play: Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one, or more rounds, of 18 holes.Have two participants start at each hitting station, with one taking on the role of player and the other as caddy. The player and the caddie will examine the hole, taking time to read the green, mapping out the shot using aim and alignment. The caddie will then use the alignment stick to line up the putt. Have the player get ready to swing (proper grip, posture, and stance), with the caddie waiting in the safety zone. Have the participants then switch roles. After each participant has had a chance to hit, record their scores on their score card in a stroke play format (see below).

Golf Activity 2: Match Play Chipping

Objectives of Game: To teach participants the difference between stroke play and match play, as they also work on target awareness and ball position.

Objectives of Golf Fundamental: Students will incorporate the golf fundamental target awareness while also working on ball position.

Supplies: Cones, alignment sticks, tees, balls, and golf clubs

Description of Set-Up: Set up three sets of cones, one short, medium, and long-distance shot. Feel free to adjust the amount of stations based on the number of participants within each class. Provide an alignment stick at each station.

How to Play: The golfer with the fewest strokes at the completion of the round wins. In match play scorekeeping, each hole is a separate competition. The player with the fewest strokes on an individual hole wins that hole; the player winning the most holes wins the match.Have two participants start at each hitting station, with one taking on the role of player and the other as caddie. The player and the caddie will examine the hole and discover a plan as to how to complete the hole. The caddie will then use the alignment stick to line up the shot. (Please allow the caddie to do this both for the chip shot and the putt, as they finish the hole.) Have the player get ready to swing (proper grip, posture, and stance), with the caddie waiting in the safety zone. Have the participants then switch roles. After each participant has had a chance to hit, record their scores on their score card in a match play format (see below).

Golf Activity 3: Driving Range Full Swing

Objectives of Activity: To hit to targets on the driving range and demonstrate a full swing with a selected club as they use the golf fundamental target awareness.

Objectives of Golf Fundamental: Students will implement the golf fundamental of target awareness while working on ball position.

Supplies: cones, tour sticks, noodles, hula hoops, golf balls, golf clubs, and tees

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Description of Set-Up: Set up hitting zones using cones on the driving range. Determine number of stations based on availability and number of participants within your class. Place targets out on the driving range at varying distances. (50 to 10 ft.) Use the diagram below to help guide your set-up.

How to Play: Split participants into groups of 2 or 3 and assign each of them to a hitting zone. Have each participant hit 3 balls at the targets located on the driving range and then rotate. Remind the participants to use a proper grip and stance, as well as align themselves with the target in which they are trying to reach. (Golf Fundamental: Target Awareness)

Bridge to Life: Use the following questions to help participants apply their “on-course” work to their “off-course” activities and experiences.

1. How did you demonstrate perseverance today?2. How are you going to use perseverance this week at home? At school?3. How are you going to stay active and play in the next week?4. How do you determine your own Personal Par?5. Was your Personal Par the same or different from your classmates?6. Was this activity easy or challenging?7. How do you plan on using Personal Par at school, home, on the golf course before our next class?8. What core value(s) would be helpful when setting your Personal Par?9. Which of your core value(s) might improve if you committed to using Personal Par?10. What are you going to do this week at school to help you succeed?

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Lesson Plan Progression: Activities will follow this sequence.

Fitness Warm Up Opening Discussion – Perseverance and Play, Personal Par and School Activity 1 – Stroke Play Putting Activity 2 – Match Play Chipping Activity 3 – Full Swing Driving Range Bridge to Life Questions Homework Assignment - Pages 11 (PLAYer) and Pages 15 – 16 (Par)

HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Name:

Putting (Stroke Play)

Chipping (Match Play)

Scorer:_______________________ Attest: _______________________

Date: ___________________________

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The First Tee of the Triad PAR Match and Stroke Play