Planning a Training session

Disc golf is not a running sport, but junior sports should always include versatile physical activities that develop fitness and motor skills as well as social and cognitive skills.

Here are some examples of how to structure a training session. The main sections are

• Warm up: time for various running games and motor skill tarining
• Disc golf drills: can include technique training, throwing, putting etc. If you have more than one instructor, it’s a good idea to have more than one exercise going on at the same time to maximise repetitions and minimize waiting.

Some more details on structuring a training session:

1.  Setup
   • See who is present?
   • Explain what will happen this time and why.
   • Which equipment will be used.
2. Warm up
   • 1-2 warm up exercises
   • Running, jumping, games to get the body warm.
3. Drills, exercises
   • Playing disc golf is walking and throwing. Training for juniors should be versatile!
   • 2-3 main exercises
   • You should get out of breath at disc golf training too!!
   • Let’s have fun together with exercise.
   • Repeat previous exercises to enforce learned skills
   • Learn new skills
   • Plan how to explain how and why
   • Show how
4. Cool down
   • 1-2 cool down games
   • Relaxation exercises
   • Reflection
5. Clean up
   • Put away equipment
   • Any info about the next session