Teaching total beginners
Course content
The knowledge to make a lesson feel simple.
The EGTF Diploma Course brings technical understanding and communication together so complex ideas can be taught clearly.
The core promise
Know the steps required to execute a professional golf lesson.
The original EGTF course information covers teaching psychology, total beginners, set-up, swing, short game, video and analysis. Its purpose is to help a teacher explain and demonstrate the game in a way that the player can act upon.
Mirror-image teaching is one example of the emphasis on clearer communication: the learner can see and follow the intended movement without unnecessary complexity.
Grip, positions and set-up
Swing and ball-flight understanding
Putting, chipping, pitching and sand play
Psychology of teaching and learning
Video teaching and analysis
Junior, ladies’, senior and left-handed teaching
Fitness for golf, common faults and club fitting
