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Home About Curriculum “Every competitive golfer deserves a CERTIFIED Coach.” Get Certified Articles Contact What is a golf coach? T he World Golf Coaches Alliance is the official coaches division of the United States Golf Teachers Federation. The term, Certified Professional Golf Coach® , is a United States federally registered trademark. In establishing the USGTF’s coaching division, the World Golf Coaches Alliance , the first thing that we had to do was to define what a golf coach was. Nothing on the Internet, no major golf organizations, or even individuals who have taught for years seemed truly able to clearly define the term “golf coach.” As an example, Tiger’s coach Sean Foley, who was recently interviewed by Charlie Rose on national television, was asked specifically what the difference was between a golf teacher and a golf coach. Foley replied. ” I teach kids and I coach adults. ” Sean missed a great opportunity to give a clear definition of his particular trade. Greg Norman, recently interviewed on Golf Channel, was asked exactly the same question. His reply was that “there is a big difference between a golf teacher and a golf coach. A teacher gives you the specifics and a coach helps you round everything out.” So, if we define a golf coach as “someone who helps you round everything out,” it still leaves some major uncertainty as to the meaning of the term. And, these definitions come from a very prominent golf coach and a very prominent player. The WGCA defines the difference between a golf teacher and a golf coach as “a golf teacher helps golfers with the mechanics of the golf swing, and a golf coach helps those who compete at golf.” Both the teacher and the coach do have certain things in common, mostly a good understanding of the mechanics and the fact that both are great ambassadors for the game, but it is the element of competition that separates the two. A golf coach needs to know more about things like golf psychology and sports psychology in general, education on mental toughness, nutrition, biomechanics, coaching at the high school level, coaching at the collegiate level, coaching at the professional level, and coaching at the national team level. A golf coach needs to know about all of these subjects, whereas in the training of a golf teacher, these elements are not necessarily as relevant. For more information and the full story on this definition, please click here. Who does a golf coach help? A golf coach helps: High school golf teams Collegiate level teams Club teams and groups who compete Individuals who compete in tournaments and on various professional tours National teams What are a golf coach’s areas of expertise? A golf coach’s areas of expertise are: Golf swing mechanics Golf psychology and sports psychology Education on mental toughness Nutrition Fitness Biomechanics Advice on personal development Inspiration and motivation Coaching at the high school level Coaching at the collegiate level Coaching at the professional level Coaching at the national team level Clubfitting How does the online course work? Using the latest technology to provide high quality educational material, we have created a new method for students to become certified as professional golf coaches and learn how to coach golf. A participant can now learn at their own leisure by accessing all of the necessary educational information online. This is accomplished by streaming all of the course videos to the participant through their Internet browser / tablet and/or smartphone. Recent Posts How Head Injuries Cause Parents To…Turn To Golf Teach Playing The Game America’s Ryder Cup Win Shows Why Team Chemistry and Spirit are So Important – Tiger, Take a Lesson Time To Change The Message – (Part 1) Long Live The King Translate to: Arabic Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Filipino Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Ukrainian Vietnamese Powered by Google Translate . Online Certification Online Course Log In Learn How To Get Certifed Copyright 2019 World Golf Coaches Alliance™, All Rights Reserved World Golf Coaches Alliance™ 200 S. Indian River Drive, Suite #206, Fort Pierce, Florida, 34950 (888) 346-3290 United States Golf Teachers Federation® | Golf Coach | How to coach golf...