The First Tee
is
a youth development program that offers education, fitness, wellness and life skills
to children using golf and its inherent values as context.
Employing
activity based programming students begin to acquire life tools and skills to reinforce
what
they learn at home and in school.
Levels advance on one another and our participants have had measurable and successful
results with golf, volunteerism and educational achievement
The First Tee is a national and international program with over 500 Chapters in
the
U.S. and is recognized by private and public agencies as one of the most effective programs
in the country.
The First Tee is a 501-3c and all programs are subsidized by County facility support,
concessionaires, private and public donations.
The First Tee Life
Skills Experience Levels
TARGET outreach
(recommended minimum age 5)
·
1-4 classes
or hours
·
General
introduction to The First Tee
·
Primarily
off-course programming, scoring is non-factor, uses age appropriate
equipment called SNAG (Starting New At Golf)
TARGET registered
(recommended minimum age 5)
·
5-15 hours
·
Geared toward
attracting participants to The First Tee
·
Introduce
real golf clubs, programming done primarily at a golf facility
PLAYer (recommended
minimum age 7)
·
New entry
point for all registered participants
·
Focus on the
aspects related to PLAYING the GAME of GOLF
·
Introduce
?what to do? before ?how to do it?
PAR (recommended minimum age 9)
·
Basic golf
and life skills certification program for registered participants
·
Emphasizes
interpersonal communication and self-management skills
BIRDIE (recommended
minimum age 11)
·
Basic golf
and life skills certification program for registered participants
·
Primary life
skill addressed is goal-setting
EAGLE (recommended
minimum age 13)
·
Basic golf
and life skills certification program for registered participants
·
Primary life
skill addressed is resistance skills
ACE (required minimum age 14 or entering 9th
grade)
·
Advanced golf
and life skills certification program for high school participants
·
Helps
participants develop as individuals and as assets to their
communities
