Golf · Level 8
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5 sub-levels · 20 tests · 200 facts · updated 13 October 2026
Level 8 is about coaching: a coaching philosophy, coaching juniors and adults, designing a lesson, and planning a season.
Sub-levels
Sub-level 8.1A Coaching PhilosophyWhat guides a coach: styles of coaching, safeguarding and duty of care, long-term development, and learning as a coach.4 tests · 40 factsSub-level 8.2Coaching JuniorsCoaching children and teenagers: games and scaled equipment, growth and maturation, parents and climate, and junior competition.4 tests · 40 factsSub-level 8.3Coaching AdultsCoaching adults: how adults learn, older golfers, inclusive coaching for players with disabilities, and women and girls in golf.4 tests · 40 factsSub-level 8.4Designing a LessonBuilding a lesson: structure and objectives, demonstration and explanation, feedback, and session plans.4 tests · 40 factsSub-level 8.5Planning a SeasonPlanning a year of golf: periodisation, scheduling events, monitoring load and form, and the team round the player.4 tests · 40 facts
Written from
Coach-education texts and coaching science (Newell, Mosston, Schön, Gibbs, Knowles, Balyi), safeguarding codes of national golf bodies, periodisation and load-monitoring texts, and organisation histories (R&A, LPGA, LET, EDGA); original questions authored, nothing reproduced.
- Coaching science and coach-education texts (PGA coach education; Newell; Mosston; Schön; Gibbs)
- Istvan Balyi, Long-Term Athlete Development model, and youth-sport research
- Periodisation and training-load monitoring texts (Matveyev; Bompa; Borg RPE)
- Adult learning (Malcolm Knowles, andragogy) and coaching older and disabled golfers (EDGA)
- Safeguarding and coach codes of conduct (PGA and national golf bodies)
- General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)
- Achievement goal theory in youth sport (Ames; Duda)
- General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)