The JOLF Man

A few thoughts after starting a series of JOLF PE sessions in a school this week. Don’t start with the end in mind, start with each child in mind!

Moving to Sussex 25 years ago today and yesterday completing a 50 mile race. A few thoughts

I realised this week, allowing children to play their way, letting them fail, struggle, make mistakes is HARD!!!

This drives me to distraction, makes me nervous, worries me, keeps me on my toes and is the thing that drives me to do my best

10 weeks of delivery in Woodlands Meed school, I have LOVED it. Just a few thoughts and feelings from the 10 weeks

A few thoughts around what i have experienced and observed this week

A bit of a ramble and some commentary following on from a post I shared on social media this week. It has been great to reflect on the comments people have shared.

Something that children are born with and a muscle to grow and develop?

Lucky to share time with Jim Wallis and his students at Brighton Uni, just a few thoughts on our chat

Golf is complex, is is NOT and should NEVER be complicated

A bit of a ramble 😉😃

Keeping score, so much more than who wins and competition

Have a listen, what have you got to lose, let me know what you think.

Coaching on the range, a practice ground, golf course, indoor simulator, using technology, school halls/fields/classrooms/corridors - how might it influence the way we coach

A few thoughts and ideas around the adults roles and responsibilities in children’s experiences

Totally by chance I realised this morning that I launched the pod on the 5th Jan 2021, 117 episodes later here we are

Sharing some thoughts on how we present and introduce golf to children/adults who are experiencing it for the first time

Following up on a popular post I posted on LinkedIn last week

A few thoughts on keeping score, whatever that means 😉

I got thinking after seeing a Facebook post 🤔🧐

Part of World Children’s Day (Monday 20th November 2023) I have been asked to make a promise, so here we go…

I have heard this said a lot the last couple of weeks. Always opens up a nice chats with adults

Reflecting on a week of being in the passenger seat with my daughter as she drives her new car for the first time.

Yesterday I returned to a school to deliver JOLF PE and an after school club that I first visited in 2011!!! And worked there until 2015 delivering a breakfast club and teacher training. Got me thinking about a number of things I experienced and learned then and still believe to be true today

(NOT an advert for TopTracer 😂) Little Plim has been getting into his golf and I have enjoyed going to the range

A thoroughly enjoyable morning of JOLF for all of the children and the adults ⛳️

Taxi driver for Paul and attendee of the ADHD workshop he delivered for the Hampshire FA.

180 4,5,6 years played golf with us on our 6 hole Golf Parc supported by 14 amazing sports leaders at Birchwood Grove Primary School, Burgess Hill

Love catching up and chatting with Aaron. Plenty in this chat for everyone to take something from (apologies for the first 20 seconds!!! I was so keen and eager to press publish I forgot to edit our hellos/is it working ok!!!)

An email exchange with Stu Warren got me thinking?

It’s been a while!!! Looking forward to sharing thoughts and chats again.

It’s been a little while and I wanted to share a few thoughts 💭👍😃

Following on from a lovely experience this morning where I delivered JOLF in an office space for employees of a friends company :)

A right random ramble, was going to wait until I had some order to my thoughts!!! Then I remembered - JUST START :)

Been a while since the last episode so thought it was time to get back sharing some thoughts, having a ramble and chats

If we, the adults, do not trust children how on earth should we expect them to trust us?

Telling is easy!

Fascinating experience playing alongside my son and another father and son yesterday. Got me thinking about my role as the adult, as a coach and as a parent!

Our final session of our GoSketch project. It didn’t all go as planned but that didn’t stop us, the students and the adults having an amazing experience

A lunchtime ramble, half way through one of our whole school play days. Watching the children this morning and taking to the teachers got me thinking about setting the “expectations” of behaviour rather than the “rules” of behaviour

In response to the first podcast of 2022 where I discussed in detail “Let them…” Here are a few thoughts on the rules that allows children to play independently.

Following on from a post on social media last week that had a terrific response I thought i would expand on what I had written

Timehop brought up another memory today as 5 years ago we left Cuckfield Golf Centre to set up Brighton Junior Golf. A huge learning curve on our JOLF journey

A rambling review and reflection on an experience from last week that afterwards felt like it went wrong, but did it???

Fascinating to see children figure out the problem when faced with a task that involves a left handed chipper. So much to learn from this for all of us involved in the experience

Lovely to catch up again with Aaron and discuss independent play. This follows an initial chat we had last week about how we provide opportunities for children and their families to play on the course independently

A fascinating experience watching a group of 6/7 year olds keep score during their JOLF PE session

I love Timehop and the memories that pop up. This one came up last week and reminded me of a golf experience that we delivered for young children at a soft play centre. It got me thinking then and that experience totally changed the way I think about the space and time of a child’s play experience.

The first face to face meeting of the Sussex Coaches Network for a LONG time. So good to see everyone. A few thoughts from our catch up