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  The First Tee Life Skills Experience
Through Life Skills Experience, participants learn valuable lessons about the importance of maintaining a positive attitude; how to make decisions by thinking about the possible consequences and how to define and set goals for the golf course as well as everyday life.
The First Tee Certification
The First Tee wants everyone who completes The First Tee program to have acquired basic golf skills and to be able to demonstrate certain fundamental life skill concepts – such as interpersonal communication and the importance of rules and etiquette. At each level of the program – Par, Birdie and Eagle – participants will go through a Certification Process testing and evaluating participants’ understanding of and ability to apply what was taught.
  Five Part Certification Process
The First Tee Certification Process has five general requirements: core lesson exposure, life skills application, golf skills application, life skills knowledge, golf knowledge.

As coaches review the requirements and examine the assessments utilized for participant progression through The First Tee Certification, they may notice specific golf techniques such as grip, aim, and balance are not assessed. Each level of the Life Skills Experience can be taught seamlessly with golf skills curricula; consequently coaches are encouraged to develop and utilize their own golf skills curriculum and methods of assessing golf technique or use a pre-existing golf skills curriculum.
  Military Affiliate Program
The First Tee offers military families the opportunity to participate at The First Tee Chapters at no cost.
The First Tee Life Skills Experience

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The First Tee Life Skills Experience is one of the unique features that differentiates The First Tee from many other successful junior golf programs.  Through the Life Skills Experience, participants learn valuable lessons about the importance of maintaining a positive attitude; how to make decisions by thinking about the possible consequences and how to define and set goals from the golf course to everyday life.
The First Tee Certification Process

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The First Tee wants everyone who completes The First Tee Experience to have acquired basic golf skills and to be able to demonstrate certain fundamental life skill concepts – such as interpersonal communication and the importance of rules and etiquette.
The First Tee Coach

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The First Tee Coach Program is an educational training program that prepares staff and volunteers at Chapters of The First Tee to deliver The First Tee Life Skills Experience, which includes the TARGET program, as well as the Par, Birdie, Eagle and Ace levels of certification.
Assistant Coach Training
The First Tee Assistant Coach Training for individuals who want to be more involved with the ongoing coaching and mentoring of The First Tee participants at the Chapter level but may not be able to spend the time required to become recognized as a The First Tee Coach.
Contact The First Tee of Mid-Michigan at info@thefirstteemidmichigan.org

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