Proposed Lesson

Number

Review Skills and Concepts

New Skills and Concepts

Major Teaching Points

Organization/Teaching Concepts Strategies/Styles

1

1)    Safety

2)    History

3)    Putting

1)    Daily Routing Set-up

·                              Always hitting toward walls or from designated areas only

·         Retrieve ball only when instructed

·         Equipment is always placed in specific area

2)    Developmental history of golf game

·         Dates

·         Equipment

·         Players

3)    Putting Basics

·         Comfortable grip

·         Balanced stance

·         Pendulum Swing

Ø      Command style – teacher will tell the students directly what type of behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable

Ø      Command style – teacher will provide an information sheet to the students and cover important points

Ø      Reciprocal style – students will be in partners having one observing and one performing according to the information on the task sheet

2

Review safety rules

Transfer of putting basics to playing games 

1)    Putting Development

2)    Putting Games

Students will be reminded of previously established safety rules

1)  Students will establish a comfortable

• Grip
• Stance
• Swing

2)  Students will be give basic equipment and targets to establish their own putting game with a partner

Ø      Self-Check – students will be given a self-check task sheet to evaluate their own individualized grip and swing for putting

Ø      Practice /Divergent - students will practice their putting skills while playing a game where they establish the rules themselves

3

Putting

1) Reading the green

2)  Swing weight

3)  Putting Etiquette

 1)  -Slopes – uphill and downhill

     -Grass  - length, water content

    -Aiming – picking your target

2)  -Back swing equal to follow-through

    - Consistent speed throughout

    - Solid contact point

Ø      Guided Discovery – students will  develop a putting stroke that is comfortable for themselves

Ø      Practice - Students will also putt from different places on the green and from different directions.  This will help them discover how different conditions affect their putt

4

Transfer of putting skills to Pitching

1) Safety for longer shots

2) Pitching  Swing

3) Pitching – flight to roll ratio

1)

• Look at where you expect the club to go while swinging
• Ensure students are out of the path of your club as well as your expected ball flight path
• Retrieve hit balls only when told to do so

2)

• Stance- how is it different from putting
• Grip – adjustments for the pitch
• Pitching  swing – ¾ full swing

3)

·         Pick your target

·         Shot placement

·         Flight to roll ratio

Ø      Command – students will follow along with the teacher as the teacher demonstrates the key points of the pitch

Ø      Practice – students will practice the pitch shot  from different areas surrounding the green

Ø      Guided Discovery – students will learn by trial and error how different lies affect shot placement and how different lofted clubs affect ball trajectory

Ø       

5

Review of previously covered topics

Virtual Reality Golf Play

-Students will play a virtual course in groups of 4

-Students will learn how to rotate shot turns based on previously placed shot

-Students will assess each others performance

Ø      Practice – students will play a virtual reality round of golf where they will practice their putting and chipping shots

Ø      Self-check – students will check their swing against a task sheet in the practice area

6

Virtual Reality

1) Long Iron Play

2) Sand Traps

1)

- Phases of the swing – take-back, up swing, down swing, contact, follow through and champion pose

-Pre-shot routine

-Smooth easy swing

2)

-Strong grip on the club when playing from the sand

-Open up your stance

-Aim to hit the ball about 3 inches behind it

Ø      Command – teacher will demonstrate and give key points to each phase of the swing while students follow along

Ø      Practice – students will practice their swing to develop comfort  with the long irons and from the sand

7

Long Irons

1) Rules of Golf Play

2) Drivers

1)

- Stroke penalties

- Hazards

-Slow players – playing through

2)

-Tee-ing off

-stance adjustments

-shot placement

Ø      Practice – students will practice their stroke while being given feedback from the teacher

Ø      Command – teacher will explain the rules of golf play to the students

8

Safety , Putting, the chip, Sand play, Long Irons , Driving shots

 Etiquette

Review all the teaching points covered in the unit

-course play etiquette

-quite during others shot

-etiquette while on the green

Ø      Practice  - Stations will be set up where the students  can practice their shots while getting feedback from the teacher

Ø      Inclusion - Depending on what needs work, students will work on the shot of their choice

Ø      Reciprocal - At the stations, students can provide feedback to each other using task sheets

9

Safety , Putting, Chipping, Sand play, Iron play, Driving

Virtual Reality Golf

Golf Course Management

• Scheduling of players and staff
• Landscape management
• Rental equipment, carts, fees, etc.

Ø      Divergent – students will be given the task of resolving common course management problems and creating landscape management schedules

10

All previously covered topics and skills

1)    Play on a golf course

2)    Playing in a tournament

• Shot gun start
• Rate of play in a game
• Score keeping

Ø      Practice

Ø      Students will practice the game of golf and all aspects while on the course