The Coach Culture Program is part of the Kid Friendly Golf Foundation — a national educational initiative that helps parents, golf facilities, and golf coaches build a kid-friendly culture in golf. Child development principles, parent communication training, positive coaching practices, and continuing education to help you become the coach parents trust with their kid.
$199 annual program participation fee
Your participation fee supports the Foundation's coach curriculum, parent communication training materials, child development resources, the resource library, continuing education webinars, and ongoing program development.
A coach curriculum built around age-appropriate instruction, positive coaching practices, and the Foundation's five standards.
Training materials and templates that help you communicate clearly and confidently with the families you serve.
Foundational learning on how kids develop physically, socially, and emotionally — and what that means for your lessons.
Games-based teaching, encouragement frameworks, and long-term athlete development principles you can use tomorrow.
Monthly webinars and culture program updates so your practice keeps evolving with the best of youth coaching research.
A growing library of lesson plans, camp curriculum, parent handouts, and games organized by age and skill level.
As part of your participation in the coach culture program, you build a parent-facing profile that highlights the experience and certifications that matter to families — years coaching kids, your home facility, and your kid-specific certifications.
I specialize in making golf fun and approachable for every age and ability. From first swings to competitive juniors, I use games-based learning and proven curriculums to build skills and confidence.
The Foundation's coach curriculum is organized around five family-first standards. Coaches enrolled in the culture program agree to uphold these standards as part of their participation.
Every kid remembers how they were welcomed the first time. We make sure kids and parents feel welcome from the very first hello.
Kids can't play golf if their family can't afford to bring them. Approved courses and coaches price for families, not just adults.
Kids grow in golf through structured, age-appropriate experiences — not one-off rounds or occasional lessons.
Every milestone matters. Approved courses and coaches celebrate junior moments with real Kids Golf Passport stamps.
Kids don't stay in golf because it's serious. They stay because it's fun. That is the standard, not the bonus.
Facilities enrolled in the Foundation's facility culture program agree to the same five standards. See the facility culture program →
Coaches in the culture program help implement the Kids Golf Passport, the Foundation's youth culture program that recognizes junior milestones. First swing, first par, first birdie, first 9 — those learning moments during your lessons get recognized in the kid's passport.
The Foundation exists to educate the golf industry on how to serve families better. The coach program is a real curriculum in child development, parent communication, and positive coaching practices — recognition as a Kid Friendly Approved Coach comes only after completing the program and agreeing to uphold the Foundation's standards.
Recognition as a Kid Friendly Approved Coach isn't purchased — it's earned by participating in the Foundation's coach culture program and agreeing to uphold the family-first standards it teaches.
A structured, year-long culture program built for coaches who want to be great with kids and the families that stand behind them.
After completing the coach culture program and agreeing to uphold the Foundation's standards, you're recognized as a Kid Friendly Approved Coach — a designation earned through participation in the culture program, not purchased.
$199 annual program participation fee. Learn, implement, and earn recognition as a Kid Friendly Approved Coach.