UCLan is pleased to announce the launch of its Golf Coaching
Praxis Level 1 Certificate in golf performance.
This innovative new course is an international partnership between
UCLan’s School of Sport and Well-being, The International Institute for Golf
Education (IIGE), BMR Golf Management in the US, and Golf Biodynamics from
Australia. The certificate is delivered
by Dr David Grecic, Dr Rob Neal and Mr Brendan Ryan and offers golf coaches of
all standards an insight into the world of performance golf and in particular
how they can best develop young golfers.
It offers 3 distinct units of study – Supporting Young Golfers,
Developing Young Golfers, and Managing Young Golfers – which are broken down
into small modules of work which deal with thematic areas eg Technology,
Biomechanics, Psychology, Instruction, Communication etc (for more information
please see (http://www.uclan.ac.uk/courses/golf-coaching-praxis-level1.php)
Each module is a bite size chunk of information for
practising coaches to assimilate and reflect upon. The course is entirely on line and provides
video lectures, lecture slides and notes, reading materials, web links, discussion
forums and associated tasks to complete. Final assessment is via a Capstone
assignment which brings together various stands of knowledge which are applied
to solve a golf performance problem of the coach’s choice.
Course Leader Dr David Grecic explained, “ we are all very
excited about our new course. We see
this Level 1 Certificate will enhance coaches core knowledges and make a real
difference to their professional practice.
The subsequent Level 2 and Level 3 Certificates will then build and apply
this knowledge and help coaches create their own innovative solutions and
coaching interventions to ensure the continued development of young golfers
across the globe. If you are an aspiring coach or a coach who would just like
to update your current golf performance knowledge then you should definitely
look at enrolling on our course”.
If you would like any more information please contact David
Grecic directly on dgrecic1@uclan.ac.uk
or go to our website: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/courses/golf-coaching-praxis-level1.php
