In both individual sports as well as team sports there are some very high caliber athletes. At every match across the state there are players shooting par or just under par. While this would be unusual in other sports, on any great day they could score like the PGA professionals. To reach that level they must be able to replicate their game over and over, through a ton of time and work on their game. REMINDER 2: Build consistency, and help players consistently perform at their best to raise the level of their game. As the match progresses, several other things strike me. Players have to complete all kinds of feats not seen on the team sport scene. Finish each hole—write down each other’s scores (AND enter in your phone). Have a bad shot or hole? Usually not a coach around to give instant feedback- have to play on. Have a unique scoring situation? Know all of the intricate rules and/or discuss them with your competitors to correctly execute the score. Players can (and should) even call penalties on themselves and others (no refs in sight!) REMINDER 3: Coach them up as much as you can in practice, give them the confidence to execute during competition. Watch them rise to a level of excellent and fair play. In golf, it is easy to recognize great shots. Someone chips in from the fairway or makes a long putt and all of the players and spectators say “Great Shot!” People generally are complimentary and encouraging to all of the players. In return, the players respond graciously, and give back compliments to their opponents. Coaches from other teams talk positively to all of the players and help out whenever they can. The players get to know the players and coaches from other schools. (The spectators even get to know the parents from other schools.) All of this is happening while the player is trying to do THEIR best. REMINDER 4: Teach players to be constantly working to do THEIR best while also learning to recognize good play no matter the source, and to appreciate their opponents as competitors but also as integral parts of having a competition. As the match winds down the boys get back together near the clubhouse. While waiting for everyone to finish they are socializing with opponents and teammates all together. They enter scores, find out where they finished, congratulate top finishers and “rehash” what they did on different holes on the course. They celebrate great shots and lament the putt they should have made. It is great to see players work hard to do their very best and to be able to respond so positively after the match. It’s true competition and comradery all in one. REMINDER 5: This sport, like all of the sports, is for the kids, and all that they can learn and take away from the experience. Congratulations to all of our CHSCA Golf Coaches on your Fall Golf Season. Thanks for all of the time and effort that you pour into teaching student athletes about the game and so much more. If you had a SENIOR GOLFER who PLAYED AT STATE, please nominate them to play in the CHSCA ALL STATE GAMES for 2019 as we look to add GOLF to our events. https://colohsca.sportngin.com/regi ster/form/122055072 Golfers Ryan Mudd, Dylan McTaggert, Brendan Crowther Golfers Jackson Klutznick, Westin Pals, Billy Howenstein, Walker Franklin