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