Wed, 30 December 2015
It’s hard to narrow down the most important topics and concepts from 2015 but that is what we’ve attempted to do. We’ve compiled a list of 12 things that are worth reviewing so you can be the best instructor and coach possible.
#1 – Focusing on learning and skill acquisitionMichael Hebron’s story is really interested because he achieved a massive level of success as teacher of the year in 1991 and then decided to go through a complete paradigm shift and change how he approached thing.
#2 – Get UncomfortableTim Suzor and Jeff Ritter are instructors who have thought outside the box. They’be built companies and businesses that are larger than themselves and constantly push the paradigm of what’s possible. They’re call to action is to get uncomfortable. If you stay comfortable you’re probably not seeing much growth. So get out TODAY and do something that makes you feel a little uncomfortable. Listen to Tim and Jeff’s Interview #3 – Give A Little To Get A LotDr Rick Jensen shares an EXCELLENT framework for building an audience and getting new students. Ask yourself these questions to kick things off.
Read the Article from Dr Rick Jensen #4 – Write and Self Publish Your Own BookMatt Rudy shares why now is an amazing time for any instructor to create an awesome book and self-publish it. Whether your goal is to have a marketing piece for your teaching or to have an additional product to sell. If in 2016 you want to write your own book listen to this episode with Matt and the case study with Brandon Stooksbury. #5 – Biggest Loser Coaching ProgramA lot of people are interested in running a Biggest Loser program, but not really sure how to do it. That’s why this conversation with Matt Wilson is worth reviewing. This structure has a lot of benefits from a student learning perspective and business. #1 – You can actually coach people and tell them what they should be practicing and working on.
#6 – How to effectively use technologyEric Jones uses launch monitors in a group coaching experience (something most people wouldn’t assume being very effective). I think this is a great strategy to boost the value of your coaching programs and also allow you to have more studnents in a session because of the technologies ability to act as a virtual assistant. If you’re trying to remove yourself from the equation and create additional revenue from tech I love Liam’s approach to creating technology memberships. If you have the gear and the space this is a strategy with exploring. #7 – Create a junior tournament league that continually fills and grows your coaching programs.If you have a group coaching program adding on a jr tournament league has some massive benefits. Will Robins runs through a few in the linked article below and gives some great advice on how to get started. The key is to make sure that these players see a path to improvement so they can see how to get better, how to have fun with their friends and want to progress through your coaching system. Read the Article from Will Robins #8 – 5-5-5 ProgramJames Hong shares his brilliant program to get students interested in what you have to offer and get’s you working with groups. #9 – An Understandable Mental Framework, OSVEAIain Highfield shared his mental process, OSVEA in a way that anyone can implement. If you don’t have a mental strategy with students I think this is an amazing resource that can help your students. Until you define your system in a concrete way like OSVEA, you’ll have a hard time getting students to understand and buy in. #10 – Fitness and GolfJason Glass and Lance Gil both came on in 2015 to talk about myths in fitness and what instructors should learn from the fitness industry. Listen to Jason Glass #11 – Coaching from a “coaches” PerspectiveMichael Michaelides is both an instructor and a college golf coach so he shares his persepctive as a coach of students for years in the college setting. Most of our conversations about coaching are from teh perspective of instructors and teachers. Michael shines a light on some different topics that most aren’t paying attention to. #12 – Elite Junior Coaching ProgramHenry Brunton shares all the details about how he runs his elite junior coaching program. Henry knows how to run a WORLD CLASS program and has something worth checking out. If you’re thinking about coaching or working with juniors Henry is a great model to look at and get some ideas from.
Hope you enjoyed all of these! Make a list of those worth reviewing and make sure to get the content you need before diving into 2016. 2015 has been an amazing year around here at Golf in the Life of. 40+ episodes live on the site 35,000 plays from instructors and coaches around the world. Thank you for listening in and caring about your craft of teaching and coaching golf! If you’re interested in joining a thriving community of entrepreneurial golf instructors learn more about our new membership program. Learn more here. |