International Golf Coaching Framework

The International Golf Coaching Framework is intended to further

develop the quality of coaching in the sport around the world. The Framework

provides a common language and set of principles about coaching that

span all borders. To that end, the Framework serves to establish

a consensus on the

* primary functions of a coach;

* roles and responsibilities of a coach in athlete development;

* qualifications, knowledge and core competencies needed for coaching

effectively; and

* methods by which coaches are educated, developed and certified.

This book is an adaptation of the International Sport Coaching

Framework (Version 1.2) that was created by the International

Council for Coaching Excellence, Association of Summer Olympic

International Federations and Leeds Beckett University to provide

international federations like IGF and sport organisations like PGAWA

considerations for designing, benchmarking and refining their coach

education and certification programmes. While it retains much of the

underlying philosophy of the original coaching framework, the International

Golf Coaching Framework has been adapted to provide the national

federations, unions and PGAs with the detail required to build their own

coaching systems. As a result, golf now has a universal platform from

which to develop coaches and, ultimately, enrich the experience of the

sport for all.