Tri-Golf ‘Activator’ TrainingIn order to ensure that the equipment is used effectively and safely, a practical 2-hour workshop is available, specially designed to help teachers deliver Tri-Golf successfully within the school setting. By the end of the workshop, teachers should be able to:

- Introduce golf to a large group of children in a fun and safe way.

- Use a variety of game cards and equipment to maximise inclusion and progression of activity.

- Understand and apply simple games to aid learning.

- Enjoy enhanced competence and confidence in delivering Tri-Golf to children.

In addition, as the workshop has been geared towards the needs of teachers, those attending should be able to:

- Link Tri-Golf to the four strands of the PE Curriculum (Key Stages 1 and 2).

- Link Tri-Golf to other areas of the curriculum such as maths, using the Tri-Golf Numeracy Book.

- Understand follow-on opportunities for their pupils within local community coaching programmes and through links to local golf clubs.

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Tri-Golf Resources for Teachers

All teachers and coaches on a Tri-Golf workshop receive the new Tri-Golf manual. This contains a scheme of work including 5 lesson plans for delivering golf for a half-term of a standard PE lesson, linked to the Key Stage 2 PE curriculum. With cartoons, the lesson plans show the progression within a lesson and also challenges from the Tri-Golf Skills Award that can be run in conjunction with the lesson. The Tri-Golf manual is very much pupil-centred with participants:

developing skills for life such as cooperation, honesty and respect;

setting up the challenges using a putter as a unit of measurement and assessing their own performance;

designing, demonstrating and playing activities within a skills festival at the end of the coaching block.

Also, as participation in golf requires the use of numbers and mathematical skills, it was felt that a Numeracy Activity Book could help to teach maths through golf and golf through maths. To ensure that this would be used successfully within the classroom, the book was developed by maths specialists and aligns with specific curriculum standards for length, shape, time and weight elements at Key Stages I and II, and each worksheet is marked with the relevant standard at the bottom of the page (e.g. L2, S14, T12, etc.). Copies of the Numeracy Activity Book can be obtained from the Golf Foundation (01992 449830).