BGGA Admissions Guide 2019 | Page 29

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 BGGA 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. AD M I SSI O NS GUI D E 2019 29