Teaching Buildings

Coaching and Community in the Indoor Golf Business hosted by Design2Golf

Proponent member Devan Bonebrake, who successfully runs both outdoor and indoor academy operations, is the guest for this webinar presented by our partners at Design2Golf. It covers a variety of areas that any coach considering moving indoors needs to understand. Topics include: How to design a better indoor golf experience; What's working (and what's not) when it comes to integrating tech in indoor facilities; How to create value through community and coaching and a look at the current indoor golf market dynamics.

Performance Center Design and Technology Trends - Tony Morgan

Tony Morgan of Design2Golf provides a comprehensive look at Performance Center Design and Technology Trends in this presentation from the 2023 PGA Show. Morgan reveals a variety of design challenges and hacks for building indoor training centers and teaching buildings. He also delves into various business models that support indoor training facilities. If you are considering construction and operation of any form of indoor golf facility, this is a must watch.

Kenny Nairn - The Ups and Downs of Building a Teaching Building

Getting the Most Out of Your Golf Performance Center - Jason Baile and Adam Smith

Jason Baile, Director of Instruction at Jupiter Hills in Tequesta, FL and Adam Smith, Director of Instruction at CC of Virginia in Richmond, VA share their ideas for Getting the Most Out of Your Golf Performance Center. They should know as they operate out of two of the finest teaching buildings ever constructed. Anyone with a teaching building or considering building one should pay attention to this presentation (and the photos are pretty awesome too) Recorded at the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando.

Mike Bender - Leasing and Building an Academy

Mike Bender recently opened a new million dollar golf academy facility. What makes this unique is that he is leasing the property and paid for the academy building through his own company. Here he talks about how he was able to do this and the issues he overcame along the way during the build out. The seven segments of this presentation also discuss how he designed and uses his training facility.

Supercharge Your Boring Range into a Training Center - Anderson and Bender

Mike Bender and Cheryl Anderson, two of America's 50 Best Teachers according to Golf Digest, share their insights for turning boring practice facilities into extraordinary training centers. The Mike Bender Golf Academy in Lake Mary, FL is one of the finest training centers ever created for improving golf games. Join Mike and Cheryl as they give you a tour of their facilities. Recorded at the 2022 PGA Show in Orlando.

PG Live - Tim Cutshall Episode 011

Tim Cutshall is the undisputed leader in designing and outfitting indoor teaching spaces. Over nearly 30 years he has installed nearly 1,000 bays and helped nearly 100 D1 Schools with their golf training centers. On this episode we talk about current trends in indoor teaching technology and how a coach can optimize their indoor teaching space. Here he shares photos of some of his favorite projects and explains many of the keys to building a truly functional space to teach in.

PG Live - Peter Egazarian Episode 005

Proponent Group Live interviews Peter Egazarian, Founder and Director of Performance of the Northeast Performance Institute. He is one of the game's leading young coaches having recently been named to Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America list. Our main topic is Building a Multi-Facility, Multi-Sport Performance Business. The conversation focuses on NPI's growing success in New England in both golf and baseball coaching and training with more sports in the works. Recorded 1-19-21.

Panel discussion: Tim Cutshall - David La Pour - Jeff Isler - Dennis Sales

The indoor instruction business is thriving in today"?™s age of dwindling loyalty at clubs. Proponent members are taking control of their own destinies by moving indoors. Watch this panel share their knowledge and answer all the important questions about how to take advantage of an indoor opportunity.