Team Manitoba

About The Team

Golf Manitoba provides enhanced training, development, and competitive opportunities for both aspiring and accomplished junior female and male athletes from the Golf Manitoba region.

The Team Manitoba program is 9-months in scope and encompasses fitness, sports psychology, nutrition, technique, equipment management and regional, multi-sport, and national level competition. Leaders in the field of sport science have been a part of building the program and continue in the ongoing execution of the program from the perspective of mental performance coaching, strength and conditioning, equipment as well as planning and periodization.

Each player receives a personalized program tailored towards his or her needs and in turn each team member is expected to be fully committed to the program with the goal of trying to achieve their best as athletes and golfers.

Development Focus

Emphasis for golfers in this program will be placed on the Learn to Compete and Train to Compete stages of Golf Canada Long Term Player Development Guide.

Mission, Vision & Values

The mission of the Team Manitoba program is to provide world-class coaching programs and development opportunities for aspiring and accomplished junior golfers to help them succeed both in golf and in life.

Through our vision, we will be a leader in golf performance excellence helping our athletes to realize their full potential. Team Manitoba program values:

• Commitment
• Inclusion
• Respect
• Fun
• Excellence
• Accountability

Program Goals

• To develop the skills of young athletes in a fun, safe, accessible, nurturing, and competitive environment.
• Use Golf Canada’s Long Term Player Development guide as the framework for programming opportunities.
• Provide athletes with world-class coaching including a direct pathway to become a national champion.
• Provide Team Manitoba members the opportunity to receive provincial coaching at a level in equality or succession of other provinces.
• Including regular testing during training to help golfers understand strengths and weaknesses.

Eligibility

To be considered for Team Manitoba athletes must:

• Be a member in good standing with Golf Manitoba
• Have unquestioned status as an amateur golfer
• Be a permanent resident in the region covered by Golf Manitoba
• Be a Canadian citizen
• Be 11 years old prior to the start of the program
• Be under 19 years of age as of August 1 of the selection year

Team Selection

Junior Girls:

The selection of athletes to the girl’s development program will be based on the following criteria:

• Junior Girls who compete in Golf Manitoba, NextGen and Maple Leaf Junior Tour events will be given priority for the program
• Junior Girls who compete in Home Club Events

Junior Boys:

Two teams will be chosen each year (up to 25 athletes) based on the following criteria:

• The top three eligible junior golfers from the MB Junior will automatically be selected to the team
• Manitoba Junior Boys Championship results
• Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship Results
• NextGen Prairie Championship
• Maple Leaf Junior Tour events may be considered

Additional Consideration:

In addition to golf results, consideration will be given to those athletes who meet the following qualitative criteria:

• Work ethic, behavior (on and off the course) and team compatibility
• Projected ability and athletes desire to achieve high performance benchmarks
• Performance Trends
• Coachability
• Eagerness to continue their golf development

Coaching Staff

Team Manitoba 2022

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