Blackwell Golf Performance

I'm thrilled to announce my online coaching team who will be supporting me at Swing Index

This team is made up of experienced and certified PGA of Australia members, who are dedicated to growing the game. With years of experience between them, our new coaches will join our international Swing Index coaching staff such as Joe Plecker Chris Ryan Golf Buzza Golf Craig Ross plus local coaches Nic D’Avoine (WA) and Steve Darmody (QLD).

This new team has been well-equipped by recently completing our unique Swing Index 'Cause & Effect' learning program.

This program has been designed to help coaches add to their existing technical knowledge, and strengthen their interpersonal skills with their students.

They have all become more effective communicators and will be stronger coaches as a result and are now set to help golfers around the globe to play better golf via our Swing Index platform.

This coaching team is the result of months of searching for the right people with the personality and skill-set required for being an impactful remote learning coach. I'm confident that this team will be a valuable asset to our Swing Index community, and I'm looking forward to seeing what great things they'll achieve together.

I would like to announce William Flitcroft, Tom Major, Wendy Dragojlo, Ashley Blake & Ted Webber (South Africa) to our Swing Index team.

If you're looking to take your game to the next level, make sure to get in touch with us today!
https://link.swingindex.golf/fCwmiS3hUqb

What an amazing group of people! Congratulations to my fellow recipients in the Operation 36 Golf Program!

Honoured to be named amongst this exclusive group of coaches. Thank you Matt Reagan, Ryan Dailey and the Operation 36 Golf Team!

This award is also a big recognition of our great junior coaching team at Kooyonga Golf Club who continue to push themselves to be better every week!

End of season wrap up for our Kooyonga Golf Club Junior Academy! Great time out on the golf course this morning challenging their skill-set from our eight week term. Big thanks to all participants and families for your support and looking forward to our exciting plans set for next year! Let’s go 2021! Operation 36 Golf Program

A nice way to wrap up for what has been somewhat of a turbulent year! Monday night I was presented with the PGA of Australia South Australian Coach of the Year Award!

To be acknowledged by my peers and be recognised for the way that I have adapted and evolved my coaching approach this year is quite humbling. There are so many people who I need to express my gratitude for making this achievement possible. (It is a massive list so I felt it more practical to tag those who have been along for the ride with me this year on my instagram feed).

It has certainly been tricky to stay focussed and organised in this ever-changing world. I am so blessed to have a great family and team around me and thank them for their encouragement, support and guidance over the past twelve months.

My objective this year was to develop more effective student/mentee learning frameworks and strategies to keep communication and learning opportunities forging ahead for my students and fellow PGA professionals during these tough times.

This plan has presented its fair share of challenges but has certainly been rewarding and I’m looking forward to boosting these development frameworks in the years to come. To have the opportunity to strengthen the relationships with my students and mentees via this non-linear approach during the pandemic situation which we’ve all found ourselves in has been quite fulfilling!

Finally a big thanks to the all staff of the Kooyonga Golf Club and my students for providing me with the daily opportunity to hone my craft whilst working with you on your golfing journey. You make it worth it! I am incredibly grateful to work with you all and looking forward to seeing what 2021 has in store for us! Thank you!

Proud to be affiliated with such a fabulous program! Grateful for the recognition and thank you Operation 36 for your continued support!

📣📣Please join us in congratulating the 2020 Operation 36 Top 50 Coaches‼️

The Operation 36 Top 50 Golf Coach Award is the only one of its kind that uses quantitative measures to determine who is making the biggest impact on golf through their program!

We are so proud to have these leaders in golf in the Operation 36 Network!

Check out the complete list here: https://operation36.golf/2020-top-50-coaches/

The 2021 Australian Amateur Championship will be played at Kooyonga Golf Club from 9-12 February and for the first time since first being played in 1894, it will be in a new format as a stroke play event over 72 holes!

The 2021 Australian Amateur Championship will be played at Kooyonga Golf Club from 9-12 February and for the first time since first being played in 1894, it will be in a new format as a stroke play event over 72 holes - full story here > https://www.golf.org.au/aus_am_moves_to_kooyonga

Footage from my recent PGA of Australia webinar about the effectiveness of questions in the learning space to raise athlete awareness. Hope you enjoy.

Summary. On course exploration with a student to develop higher awareness of their skills required to perform a shot after a first attempt miscue.

Scaffolding Questions to Develop Deeper Understanding On Course Exploration with student to develop higher awareness of the skills required to perform a shot after a first attempt miscue.

Our Kooyonga Golf Club juniors turned up and played great golf! Well done on your victory in the first round of the Junior League today!