HOW TO CREATE AN ON-CAMPUS DRIVING RANGE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR GOLF TEAM: For too long golf teams and recreational golf clubs at all levels have had to leave school, separate themselves from all the other students on campus and go to a dedicated facility to practice and hopefully improve. This is a barrier to participation and performance that can cause collateral effects in terms of player moral, attrition and the inability to get new players up to speed and competitive in a shorter period of time.
All these issues can be eliminated by allowing the players to supplement their golf course and driving range time by practicing on campus. By giving students the ability to use a playing field as a driving range they can practice a lot more and improve faster.
WHERE: Football or baseball field, parking lot, and even inside a gym during the winter.
YARDAGE NEEDED: Since the almostGOLF ball flies about 100 yards max, all you need is the length of a football field at most.
SET UP AND TAKE DOWN: You want to have mats the players can just drag out to the field and a way to shag the balls efficiently. Then add a few targets and let the players hit away. It's really that simple.
ADVANTAGES TO CREATING ON-CAMPUS PRACTICE RANGE:
1. IT MAKES GOLF TEAM PRACTICE CONVENIENT: By making practice accessible, players practice and hone their skills morefrequently. You want your players to be able to grab a bucket of balls and go to a field and hit shots for 15-30 minutes when they have time between classes or during the off season. This is something you never could do when you had to drive to a range just to swing the sticks.
2. ITS THE BEST WAY TO ATTRACT NEW PLAYERS: When you have new players who have a hard time hitting the ball straight, what they need is as much off season and on season practice as they can get. On campus practice gives them the freedom to work on their swing, even when there is no formal practice or instruction. This is also a good suppliment to junior golf instruction as well.
3. CREATES ON CAMPUS VISIBILITY: Our research has shown that when a golf team is able to practice on campus, the team grows significantly because now other athletes and students notice that there is actually a golf team. On campus visibility for your golf team also helps build moral because the players are no longer isolated from their friends
4. ELIMINATES MID-SEASON ATTRITION RATE: We have seen, especially with girls golf teams that being seen on campus and being able to conveniently practice gives players the contact with other athletes and students that keeps them practicing longer. Basically isolation causes attrition and on campus practice eliminates this barrier.
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My company could use this written by Dillan,
August 05, 2008
I work at a company that has a big parking lot that we seldom use. I am gonna start using it. Let's see what people start to do. I bet I can get a few guys out there hitting away. Good job. Keep it up.
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... written by Tyler,
August 08, 2008
I go to Rutgers. What should I do to get something like this going on campus?
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