B I S H O P S G AT E G O L F A C A D E M Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE GOLF PROGRAM
An Individual Approach
Student-athletes at Bishops Gate Golf Academy don’t
just join a program or fit in to a system. A program is
built uniquely for each individual based on their
goals, aspirations, tournament schedule, strengths
and identified areas of improvement.
In an effort to further promote an individualized approach, we
introduced the POD coaching model. This model consists of a POD
leader with extensive experience and training in junior golf development,
directing a POD of senior coaches and students. The POD leader oversees
all aspects of the student development from assessments, creating the
student blueprint to monitoring and reporting on progress throughout
the year.
The Bishops Gate Golf Academy facility is comprised of three practice
zones, and each zone includes an area to practice long game, short game
and putting. Within the zones, the coach can set up training for technical
practice or preparation for competition to ensure that each student is
working on a periodized training program.
This model accomplished the following:
• It provides a consistently high level of coaching to avoid any
student being left behind.
• It allows for a strategically planned tournament schedule for each
individual.
• It allows for a more individual training schedule because
students have flexibility within the POD to work on all
aspects of their game.
• It creates an interdependent coaching team that allows
students to learn from more than just one coach and enables stu-
dents to tap into the expertise of different coaches.
Besides the clear advantages of the new POD model, academy students
also have access seven days a week to the challenging training course
at Bishops Gate Golf Academy.
Creating a sense of autonomy and self-sufficiency through great
coaching is what gives our students the best tools and preparation
for their college careers and beyond.
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