10 min

Introductory Activities/Warm-Up

• Group Stretching

• Safety when putting

• Teacher will use command style when doing the group stretching

• Students will be in a semi-circle around the teacher who is leading the stretching

• Teacher will emphasize that golf clubs can be dangerous if not swung properly

 20 min

Skill Development-Concept

• Putting Stroke without the ball

  • Grip

  • Stance

  • Stroke

• Putt with eyes closed

  • Try 10 putts with eyes open then close eyes

• 5 in a line Game

  • Make 5 putts in a row of varying distances, and on various contours of the green

  • Can progress to longer putts once putts have been made

• Teacher will use command style, by having students mimic a proper putting stroke
• Students will be in partners and will start by practicing together with teacher giving feedback
• Students can develop a grip that is comfortable for them
• Develop feel for making contact with the ball solidly with the eyes closed
• Teacher will give the Students reciprocal task sheets for putting during the 5 in a line Game
• Students will have to figure out how to read the green

 20 min

Culminating Activity

• Golf 21
  • Putt the ball as close to hole as possible
  • First partner to 21 wins (closest to hole = 1 pt, lip out = 2 pts, in the hole = 3 pts)
  • Partners take putts at hole from equal distances from opposite sides of the hole

•  Students will be in partners

• Students can change partners once they have finished one game

• Teacher will provide feedback

 5 min

Closure

• Answer any questions, review of putting

• As a group teacher and students will discuss elements of putting

Evaluation