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STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND
THE COVID-19 LEARNINGS addition, we invited our fully qualified coaches
and some of the most experienced mentors
in the federation. We ran the training for 40
days, enjoying live and recorded video streams
from some of the world’s leading experts: Fred
By Peter Hudson, Shoemaker, Tim Gallwey, Joe Daniels of The
President WGTF Golfing Machine, and Kendal McQuade.
of Great Britain &
Ireland On any one occasion, we had up to 24
coaches online for two hours a day, and I
know from the feedback that not only was the
eing thrust into the centre of a global
Bpandemic offers a different perspective for experience a mind-blowing epiphany regarding
most people, but the WGTF of GB&I were as the skills required to become an outstanding golf
ready as you can be! We have long advocated coach, but it really helped everyone maintain
that our coaches should be independent and balance in a very difficult time.
autonomous. We have also encouraged our From a personal perspective, I launched into
members to engage in online coaching and my “60 Days on How to Play Much Better Golf”
training. Yes, we lost the golf course and playing, while at home due to the coronavirus challenge,
but we still had our practice nets and online delivering a 5- to 8-minute video every day, which
systems. Within our operational suggestions, we I know many other WGTF coaches around the
recommend that all our clients have practice nets world viewed.
and mats at home so they can engage in practice We will continue to deal with this and any
and we can monitor their progress, so most were future crisis with the determination necessary to
able to adapt and survive. succeed, and we will! I look forward to the next
We immediately commenced a new Level 1 World Cup with even more excitement than ever,
coach training, catering to those who would be but I hope that it is a live event, not online!
locked down, who had enquired before while Stay safe!
inviting those who were already in Level 1. In
Sharing Our Passion Around The World!”
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