We are huge advocates for the life lessons that golf provides – building resilience in a safe environment. Unless you play golf yourself you probably won’t really believe just how gutting it can be to miss that crucial putt at a key moment in the game – you blame yourself for being an idiot, you don’t want to think you bottled it (but that’s on your mind) and the feeling stays with you. But you have to get over it. This is the sort of thing that affects golfers from Rory McIlroy to the youngsters that play in our tournaments.
Some schools and teachers really get it. They spare time for their golf programme and dedicate teachers and resources to it. They arrive in the branded minibus and a dozen or so players can be seen in the team kit. We note that these players have been drilled in their golfing manners, sometimes with each player shaking hands on departure. Scale this back to the one player, possibly from a state school, who gets dropped off at the club by a parent. We have a discussion with that school’s Principal who says “golf is his thing, so we try to support him”.
So when we saw this from Minerva Virtual Academy we thought we would share it, not to promote this particular school, but because it shows that if golf is ‘your thing’, you need to take the opportunities to apply the learnings they bring.
SchoolsGolf is happy to provide that learning environment – and this video features our tournament at Berkhamsted.
