JUNIOR COACHING
Usually there are about four coaches teaching 15 Juniors.
The coaches are Georgy, Lucas, Bert, Gavin, Peter and Cathy. Each teaching a different aspect of the game. But more than just teaching, there is dialogue between the coaches and their students. While coaching is a serious affair, there are plenty of smiles and laughs going around too. The atmosphere is relaxed.
The importance of coaching cannot be underestimated. There are scores of adult players in our club who wish they had been coached as juniors. Unfortunately, they learnt faulty, cumbersome, incorrect methods from other players. Faulty technique take enormous amounts of work to unlearn. If correct technique is learnt as a junior, the correct strokes are the perfect building blocks for being a top player.
Cathy training juniors
Towards the end of each coaching segment, there is a time of trying out what has been learnt. At the end there is a ‘mini’ handicap tournament.
This works by playing one game to 11 points. The handicap is worked out on the ratings of each player after about 4 weeks of playing. This gives the juniors an opportunity to use the skills that they have absorbed.
Paul Pinkewich does a spot of coaching our juniors. Priceless!
FOR MORE INFO, AND BOOKINGS
Phone 0418454506
JUNIOR COACHING: FRIDAY 6:00 -- 8:00 p.m. Aproximately $3 per session
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