Teens on the Tee
Lesson Plan # 2
Core Lesson: Courtesy, Responsibility and Respecting The Rules
- Core Values:Courtesy–being or acting polite to others.
Responsibility – accounting for one’s actions; dependable.
- Core Lesson: Respecting the Rules
- Healthy Habit: Safety– The action of being safe; doing things to minimize the occurrence of injury.
Energy–making good choices with food and sleep can give you high energy levels.
- Golf Skill:Putting, Chipping and Full Swing
- Etiquette:Care of the Course
- Rules of Golf:Maximum of 14 clubs, Teeing Ground, Putting Green
- Golf Fundamental:Get Ready to Swing and Target Awareness
- Homework: Pages 8 – 15 PLAYer book or Pages 10 – 15 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:
- What does Courtesy mean to you?
- Who should you show courtesy to?
- What does Responsibility mean to you?
- What are you responsible for on the golf course?
- How can you be safe on the golf course? At home? In the car?
- What can you do to respect the rules of golf?
- Following the Rules of Golf while playing different formats such as stroke play and match play
- Playing safe and fair in practice areas and on the course
- What are some things that you do that give you a lot of energy?
- Why is it important to have good energy levels?
Please do not spend more than 5 - 8 minutes discussing all the material above.
Rules of Golf and Etiquette:
Etiquette –Care of the Course - Leave the course in better condition than you found it. Repair divot holes, repair ball marks on the putting green, and rake bunkers after playing out of them. Repair and rake damage left by others if doing such does not take too much time. Pick up discarded trash left by others less considerate.
Start each hole from between the two tee markers and no more than two club lengths behind them. This area is called the Teeing Ground. PLAYers may put the ball on a wooden or plastic tee (peg) to start a hole. Rule 11
When your ball is on the Putting Green of a hole you should not touch, repair, or press down anything between your ball and the hole except for old ball marks or old hole plugs. The PLAYer should mark the position of his/her ball with something like a small coin until it is his/her time to play. Rule 16
A ball played from the Putting Green must not hit the Flagstick in the hole. The Flagstick should be removed or attended. Rule 17-3
Clubs – A PLAYer can have no more than 14 clubs in his/her bag. Rule 4-4
***This activity will be played with the entire class. After finishing this activity, participants should be split in half for the remaining activities.
Activity 1: “Dodge Ball Putting”
Objectives of Game:Two teams will try to gain more points than the other team by hitting each other’s targets on the putting green.
Objectives of Golf Fundamental:Participants will be challenged to use good target awareness in order to hit their intended target.
Supplies:cones, putters, golf balls, survey tape and tees
Description of Set-Up:create a large game grid using cones, tees and survey tape. See diagram for set-up help.
Pre-Game:Divide the group into two equal teams
How to Play:
- Each player will be assigned a hitting space and will be given their own cone (or other medium sized object such as a plastic Dixie cup).
- Coach flips a coin to see which team will putt first and which team will place their cones on the grid first. Winner of the coin flip gets to putt first.
- Putting team gets ready while the opposite team places their cone/object into a section of the court designated by the coach (players have 15 seconds to place their cones).
- Cones/objects must be placed at least 2 club lengths (or 2 big steps) from the edge of the grid.
- Cones/objects must be at least 2 club lengths (or 2 big steps) from the back boundaries of the game grid.
- Cones must be at least 1 club length (or 1 big step) from another cone.
- Cones cannot be place directly behind another cone or in a line.
- Everyone on the putting team hits a putt towards one of the targets while the opposite team waits in the safety zone
- If the putting team hits a player’s cone they get one point for their team.
- Teams will alternate putting and waiting for as many rounds as can be completed in the time allocated for this activity. Each round the coach designates what section of the court is in play. The team with the most points wins. If the green has a slope to it and one team has an advantage play the game in two halves and switch sides at halftime.
***Coaches: It is always helpful to do some trial runs before starting the competition.
***Topics for discussion***
- After the first round: how are you going to do things differently this time to have a better result?
- What have you already learned in this class that could help you be more successful at this game?
Activity 2: “Golf Bocce”
Objectives of Activity:To chip at the “Pallino” and get closer than the other Players. The player getting closest to the “Pallino” gets one point. The player with the highest point total wins the game.
Objectives of Golf Fundamental: Participants will be challenged to use good target awareness in order to chip as close as possible to the “Pallino”.
Supplies: Medium to Large Ball to be used as the “Pallino”, pitching wedges, golf balls, cones
Description of Set-Up:Determine an area large enough to set up several courts / playing areas. You can use cones to set the corners of the court / playing areas. Also use cones to set up the chipping zone and the safety zone.
Pre-Game:Divide the group into groups of 3 – 4 players. Each group will be assigned a court.
How to Play:
- One player will throw the pallino onto the court.
- Then each player will chip their golf ball at the pallino.
- The closest ball to the pallino scores one point.
- The participant who had the closest ball gets to throw the pallino for the next round.
- Play as many rounds as time permits and the player with the most points is the winner.
***Coach Notes - Give a brief explanation of swing cues, Y hit Y for little shots, L hit L for medium shots, and circle back-circle through for longer shots.
Activity 3:Full Swing 7 Iron - Parts of The Club and Different Types of Clubs
Objectives of Activity:To hit to targets on the driving range and demonstrate a full swing.To understand the parts of a club and the different types of clubs.
Objectives of Golf Fundamental:Have the students demonstrate their target awareness by picking out a target before they hit their shot.
Supplies: cones, tour sticks, noodles, golf balls, hula hoops and anything else that can be used as a target
Description of Set-Up:Set up 4- 6hitting zones on the driving range using cones as tee markers. Use the diagram below to help guide your set-up.
How to Play: Split participants into groups of 2. Before beginning, the coach leading this station will go over the parts of the clubs – Grip / Handle, Sole, Heel, Face, Shaft, Toe, Club Head and Hosel (page 14 in their yardage books). The coach will also go over the different types of clubs, their loft and when they are typically used on the golf course. Once finished each group should be assigned a hitting station. Players will hit to the noodles and hula hoop targets set up in the driving range. Each participant should hit a few shots and then switch with their partner.
Bridge to Life: Use the following questions to help participants apply their “on-course” work to their “off-course” activities and experiences.
- How did you use courtesy during your play today?
- How do you plan to use courtesy off of the golf course before our next class?
- Why is picking out a target important in golf? How about outside of golf?
- What are the different clubs and how are they used?
- How were you responsible for your actions today?
- How are you going to demonstrate responsibility to your parents before the next class?
Lesson Plan Progression: Activities will follow this sequence.
- Fitness Warm Up
- Opening Discussion – Courtesy, Responsibility, Respecting the Rules, Energy and Safety
- Activity 1 – Dodgeball Putting
- Activity 2 – Golf Bocce Chipping
- Activity 3 –Full Swing 7 Iron
- Bridge to Life Questions
- Homework Assignment - Pages 8 –15 (PLAYer) or 10 – 15 (Par)
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