juniorspin
by Shayne Narro
Diamondhead welcomes Operation 36
If your junior golfer is looking for a
place to start quick and learn a lot about
the game, Operation 36 is a program that
Jason Gibson leads for juniors to improve
their game continuously and for the long
term. The goal of the program is to
progress through the program by shooting
36 through 9 holes from the designated
distances from each level.
Level 1 starts off at 25 yards, so the
junior must play the entire 9 from 25 yards
and score a 36 to move up to the next level
which increases the distance to 50 yards.
To help aid the juniors to achieve this
goal, there is a 12-badge curriculum at
each level that as academy director, Gibson
will award on the bag tags to each of the
juniors. The badge curriculum provides
the necessary knowledge of the game, such
as how to properly grip the club, to earn a
badge.
There is also a developmental app that
provides the social aspect of the game
between the players in the camp and allows
the golfers to communicate on what golf
activities they are doing each day whether
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it be watching golf on TV or cleaning their
clubs.
The program is based on a semester
to semester teaching. The program has
different tiers to teach juniors of different
ages a different way.
There is the spark program to teach
juniors from 3-6 to grab an interest in
the game. There is an ignition program
to progress the learning and develop the
game. The fuel program teaches the skills
of how to make a difference on the course.
The Performance Program breaks down
the practice and precise changes that
need to be made to become the best golfer
possible.
Gibson ensures positive results by stating,
“The academy is easy to adapt and apply
to playing performance on the course,”
he says. “I have already seen results in a
couple of the juniors that are in the level 2
division.”
Gibson seems optimistic on what is to
come with the program in the near future.
Call him at (228) 224-0706 for more
information.
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