Why Coaching VS Private Lessons?

The philosophy is based on the student becoming more independent after each session as they learn the 4 key areas of the game. They are leaning the mindset and mental focus for golf, how to score and manage the course, how to analyze their play and create a purposeful practice routine that promotes long term development, and skill-development which focuses on the skill sets needed to accomplish their goals in golf.

In coaching, your junior is an individual in a Team environment. Each of our juniors is taught the skills and techniques based on his or her strength & mobility, their learning style, and their desired outcome. The team environment is so productive for several key reasons;

• 1. It creates the right environment to learn the life skills and core values we teach

  2. It allows your juniors to build friendships in an individual sport

  3. It allows coaches to create competition and challenges that motivate the players

  4. It enables your child to take leadership or mentoring roles to develop interpersonal skills

  5. Its increases the hours your child can spend with their coach while not increasing the expense

  6. Its reduces the chances of over-teaching & technical overload as the child to applies what they are learning by experimentation, allowing them to learn and ask questions rather than just being told what do to do. Article on learning would be good to link hear

What is On-Course Coaching?

The game is played on the course so once our juniors have developed solid skill-sets, we need to get more time on the course to simulate golfing conditions (side hill lies, bunkers, hitting over water, etc). Learning in the real environment enables them to gain confidence that they then can take to their play and tournaments. On the course we set up games, matches, and benchmarks to help them understand the keys to scoring and course management. Our players fill out the WRG scoring system scorecards which then creates a practice plan for them based on their play, thus becoming more self-sufficient when they go off to play college golf.

BKPG Teaching Philosophy:

At BKPG, we believe that to play to your potential you must look at the entire game of golf. Golf instruction is often focused just on the golf swing but the game is measured on score, not the look of your swing. At BKPG, we have 4 key areas we focus on to build a golf game that can be self-sufficient for our players and show long-term improvement.

1.The Golfing Mindset - a golfer must be taught how to manage their thinking so they are able to manage their emotions. In golf, you will be tested mentally and physically; if emotions and negative thinking are in the picture, then the golfer will struggle to trust their talent and enjoy the so-called pressure of tournament play.

2.The Real Game of Golf – Golf is a game of misses & mistakes. Nobody has perfected the game and no one ever will. The key is not to try to perfect the game but to play it! To do this you have to know that the lowest score wins. So the question is: how do you shoot lower scores? We teach our players through games-based training how to shoot lower scores and how to track their play so they can match it up to stats from the best players in the world.

3.Purposeful Practice – We believe practice does not make perfect; rather, practice makes permanent! To become a champion golfer you must practice the way champion golfers practice. We teach our players fun ways to challenge themselves that simulate tournament conditions.

4.Skill Development – At BKPG, we focus on teaching our players only the skills they need to accomplish their current goals. There are so many parts to the game of golf that often players become overwhelmed with information and are no longer playing golf but thinking technique. By adding the skill sets the player needs in a progression based on their ability, the learning process is made fun, fast, and lasting. This comes from the gymnastics arena in which a student has to first learn to do a somersault on a path to one day leading to a back flip on a balance beam.

Brian’s Coaches all use this same system to learn along with the many pros and top college golfers Brian teaches. The system focuses a player on mastery rather than perfection.