Junior camps are organized to be a fun and exciting learning experience in the development of young golfers. Although everything affiliated with these clinics are designed to be safe and informative, potential risks are always relevant when dealing with children. Junior camps are typically for children between the age of 6 and 14. With the proper hiring, training and supervision, the risks associated with junior camps can significantly be lowered.
Hiring the right staff is crucial for any golf club to implement. It is easy for anyone to act a certain way or hide their true identity. A golf club hiring staff for junior clinics must assess the potential client through a police background check. Through the website, www.mybackcheck.com, you can find results for your potential employee by the next day. This will help you meet industry standards, while showing upper management that the right individual has been hired.
One term management must understand is in regards towards taking proper action with children when their parents have gone. The term, In Loco Parentis means “In the place of a parent.” This shows that accepting children for junior camps, your staff must ensure they take the legal responsibility on some of the functions and responsibility that a parent would. Understanding this will help your staff with many basic health and safety standard in the camps. Basic procedures such as hydration for the children during warm days, golf cart rules and safety, children to instructor ratio (6 children to 1 instructor) and always making sure there is adequate space before any child swings a golf club.
During junior camps, traveling out on the golf course is an everyday occurrence. Sometimes the golf cart limo drive can take upwards of 10 to 15 minutes. Making sure the staff instructing the junior clinics are certified with CPR and First Aid Training can be of great value and potentially lower the any health related risk. There are many local areas within Ontario that provide courses and certification for these categories. One of the most common ones is the Canadian Red Cross, www.redcross.ca Having your staff complete one of these courses will add knowledge, confidence and skills to deal with any emergency situations that may arise.
The last major consideration that I would encourage golf clubs to take is the completion of the Canadian PGAs teaching and coaching certification program. This course is specifically designed by golf professionals in order to ensure younger employees understand the basic skills in teaching golf, the safety and risks associated with it and understanding how children first react to the sport. This will add confidence, moral and experience to anyone looking to teach junior clinics. http://www.rcga.org/innerpage.aspx?x=blo7lhvsComrBgsF5YMQplh0SJBKITlQK7Go8nQKx4cw71aidbkRm6pu84BlZ%2FEa
By ensuring your golf club has taken all necessary steps and requirements, junior clinics will run smoother, more effective and reduce the potential risks involved. These clinics are important to the club, as well as the teachers due to the large generated income conducted from them. By managing, training and supervising your staff, your club can help manage the risk and provide a safer learning atmosphere for children.
Shaun Wizniak
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