This online course is free and open to anyone interested in instructing disc golf and is based on the Finnish Disc Golf Association’s Online Instructor course.
This course gives you the skills to design, plan and run guided disc golf exercises. The course focuses on instructing children and youth, but the lessons are applicable to all age groups.
In this online course you will learn how to lead a group in general, you will get the basic of instructing disc golf and disc golf technique. You also get models and ideas for designing and preparing your training.
You are expected to be familiar with disc golf, so the course does not cover the basics of the sport in detail. You don’t need to throw 200 meter drives or know the rules of the sport by heart, but it does help that you know the common throws and the basics about the types of discs and understand disc golf vocabulary.
This course will prepare you to:
- work with children and youth
- work with a group
- plan and run motivating exercises
- understand and teach disc golf technique
