Golf Program for Students with Disabilities

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Golf Program for Studentswith Disabilities

• Larry Mellinger
• EDCP 521
• 8 November 2001

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

• Prohibits discrimination on basis of disability
• Protection under ADA
• physical or mental impairment
• history/record of such an impairment
• impairments not specified
• Four Titles

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ADA Title IIIPublic Accommodations

• Includes hospitals, schools, hotels, restaurants,
  recreation facilities and fitness clubs
• Prohibits exclusion, segregation, and unequal
  treatment
• Architectural standards

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Steps for Golf Program for Students with
Disabilities

• Create accessible facilities
• Develop program
• Hire and train staff
• Implement program

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National Forum on Accessible Golf

• February 25-28, 1993 in Myrtle Beach
• Addressed essential elements of golf
• Accessible design features
• Accessible carts

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Accessibility Issues

• Identified by NPS February 12, 1998
• Costs due to turf damage
• Carts and integrity of the game
• Closure of a course/cart path restrictions

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Developing the Program

• Safety rules
• Equipment
• Instruction

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Safety Rules

• Clubs should not be swung in a group
• Designated swinging area
• Everyone stays behind line
• Teach the word Fore
• Stop-look-swing method

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Equipment

• For golfers with visual impairments
• For golfers who use wheelchairs
• Accessible carts
• Longer clubs
• Putter grippers
• Attachments to prosthetic devices

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Instruction

• High instructorparticipant ratio
• Special consideration for participants with
  different disabilities
• Visually impaired
• hearing impaired
• mental retardation

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Staffing

• Directed by Head Golf Pro and
  Fitness Director
• Student Staff based on Perrys Theory
• dualism
• multiplicity
• relativism

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Program Implementation

• Sponsors
• Marketing/Registration
• Explanation of safety rules
• Basic golf etiquette
• Learning the basics
• On the course

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Chickerings Vectors

• Developing competence
• Managing emotions
• Moving through autonomy toward interdependence
  (instrumental independence)
• Developing interpersonal relationships
• Establishing identity

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Individuals with disabilities, for the most
part, can gain very similar benefits from
physical activity and the accrued physical
fitness as people without disabilities.Dr.
Janet A. Seaman, Executive DirectorAmerican
Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness