Lunch & Learn with Kate Tempesta
Kate Tempesta discussed her unique expertise on how to guide very young children as they begin to experience golf. Kate explored the strategy and benefits of Birdie Basics, Tempesta’s purpose-built platform and program for working with children ages 3 to 8 and shared a variety of insights into having success coaching the youngest of students.
PG Live - Kate Tempesta Episode 024
Kate Tempesta is the founder of Urban Golf Academy and also Birdie Basics. She is a renowned expert on early childhood golf development and a favorite presenter on the subject throughout the coaching industry. Her simple goal: "Creating an empowering, child centric, playful learning environment and watching children shine." This episode is titled An Educator's View of Coaching Junior Golfers and Kate delivers a variety of tips and key to success when teaching the youngest among us how to play golf. Recorded 2-22-22.
Are Your Juniors Ready for Big Time College Golf? - Panel Discussion
Truly an instant classic panel discussion that could have gone on for many more hours. Three of the biggest coaches in the NCAA provide numerous candid answers about what they look for in junior recruits and the topsy-turvy state of the college game in the age of transfer portals and NIL deals. If you coach juniors, this is an absolute must watch with Auburn's Nick Clinard: University of Florida's JC Deacon (2023 National Champions) and Wake Forest's Kim Lewellen (2023 National Champions).
Iain Highfield - What a Junior Golfer Needs to Evolve as a Player and a Person
Henry Brunton - The New Competitive Golfer
Paul Dewland - The Principal Approach Is it the Same for Elite Juniors?
Kate Tempesta - How I Teach Very Young Golfers
Kate Tempesta, owner of Birdie Basics, give a masterclass in how to teach very young golfers (ages 4-6) in an amazing display with four children she had never met before. If you work with young juniors, you MUST watch this presentation.
How to Create a Golfer - Ryan Dailey and Matt Reagan
The co-founders of Operation 36, Ryan Dailey and Matt Reagan, present the results of their 10-plus years studying how a golfer is born into the game and then retained to become a golfer for life. For anyone who coaches beginners you must understand these principles of creation and retainment that allow someone to get into the game and become a golfer for life. No-one understands this better than these two Proponent Group members. Recorded at the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando.
Mic Potter - Succeeding in College Golf
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Mic Potter is arguably the top womens' college coach in the country having taken his U. of Alabama team to the NCAA Championship title in 2012. More than 15 of his former players have gone on to careers on the LPGA Tour. This presentation was recorded at the 2014 PGA Show.
Nicole Weller - Teaching the Youngest Golfer
Taking on the task of teaching the youngest golfers can seem daunting and too difficult to successfully manage. Watch one of the best in the business use her proven techniques and passion to engage the youngest golfers.
How I Develop Competitive Golfers
Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, Joey Wuetemberger, has coached multiple USGA champions, NCAA champions and professional tour winners. He operates one of the top competitive junior coaching programs in the country out of his headquarters in Arlington, Texas. In this presentation from Summit '23 he shares his methods for developing competitive players.
USGA's National Team Program Plans
The USGA's Managing Director Player Relations and Development, Heather Daly-Donofrio, shares with our coaches the goals and opportunities the new National Team Program will be striving for as the program ramps up over the next few years. Dr. Beth Brown, the USGA's Senior Player Development Advisor, joins Heather for this presentation at Proponent Group Summit '23.
Henry Brunton - Managing the Expectation of Parents
PGA of Canada Master Professional and Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher Henry Brunton educates us on the challenge of managing parents' expectations. Sitting down with parents and learning more about what they want for their children BEFORE instruction begins makes for a great first step.
PG Live - Heather Daly-Donofrio Episode 031
The USGA's Heather Daly-Donofrio, a former 2-time LPGA tour winner and former LPGA executive, is our guest. The theme of the evening is “Launching Team USA” and Heather, who spearheads the $40 million program, shares the inside story on developing a USA National Team for golf—including how America’s top coaches can become involved.
Competitive Junior Training - Panel Discussion
This is a must watch discussion on the nuances of training competitive juniors that delves into a variety of related topics. This all-star panel includes US Kids Golf's Kellie Edelblut, 3-time Northeast New York PGA Section Teacher of the Year Anders Mattson and 2023 PGA of America National Teacher of the Year Kevin Weeks.
How I Engage and Train Junior Golfers - David Ogrin
PGA Tour winner David Ogrin has developed into one of the game's top teachers and recently purchased a driving range near San Antonio. His facility has quickly become the "go to" place for the areas juniors to learn the game and many of his juniors are winning competitions all over Texas. Here David explains how he engages new juniors in the game and how he is using his wisdom from 20 seasons on the PGA Tour to develop competitive juniors. Recorded at the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando.
PG Live - Matt Reagan Episode 001
Matt Reagan joins host Lorin Anderson in our very first Proponent Group Live to discuss "How to Create Lifelong Golfers." Matt is co-founder of Operation 36, one of the most successful new golfer training programs ever to hit the golf industry. Matt shares his unique insights into the process necessary to take someone from their first visit to a driving range to becoming a golfer for life. It's a tricky process that most golf coaches don't fully understand or appreciate.
Episode recorded on 11-17-20
Junior Panel Discussion - Trillium Sellers, host, with Cheryl Anderson, James Leitz, Kevin Smeltz and Dan Carraher
This all-star panel of Trillium Sellers, host, with Cheryl Anderson, James Leitz, Kevin Smeltz and Dan Carraher talk everything junior golf from assessments, to testing, to tracking progress, handling parents, taking instruction beyond the swing, setting realistic goals and much more.
Kate Tempesta - Birdie Basics - 1
Kate Tempesta is blazing a new trail with her passion for golf and early childhood development. Her Birdie Basics help make the introduction to the game in any environment (even the urban environment of Manhattan) a perfect combination.
Kate Tempesta - Birdie Basics - 2
Kate Tempesta is blazing a new trail with her passion for golf and early childhood development. Her Birdie Basics help make the introduction to the game in any environment (even the urban environment of Manhattan) a perfect combination.
Kate Tempesta - Birdie Basics - 3
Kate Tempesta is blazing a new trail with her passion for golf and early childhood development. Her Birdie Basics help make the introduction to the game in any environment (even the urban environment of Manhattan) a perfect combination.
Kate Tempesta - Birdie Basics - 4
Kate Tempesta is blazing a new trail with her passion for golf and early childhood development. Her Birdie Basics help make the introduction to the game in any environment (even the urban environment of Manhattan) a perfect combination.
Kate Tempesta - Birdie Basics - 5
Kate Tempesta is blazing a new trail with her passion for golf and early childhood development. Her Birdie Basics help make the introduction to the game in any environment (even the urban environment of Manhattan) a perfect combination.
Dr. Patricia Donnelly and Nicole Weller - Going Live Golf Education for Ages 2-5
Brendon Elliott, Kate Tempesta and Nicole Weller - The Power of 6 & Under
Three of the nation's top teachers to the youngest of golfers present on the keys to being successful with this age group that has often been forgotten by the golf industry, but is catered to by many other sports. The future growth of golf depends on learning how to effectively bring these children into the game.
J.C. Deacon and Mark Leon - College Golf and Beyond
The coaching team from the University of Florida Gators of J.C. Deacon and Mark Leon highlight what it takes to be recruited and play for a perennial powerhouse golf school. In addition they share what it takes to succeed while on campus and potentially beyond.
