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The First Tee Programs
The First Tee Raritan Valley is a nationally recognized program that provides core values, golf instruction, and the life skills experience. This chapter provides programs for children ages 6-19 in 6 counties of New Jersey. Counties we now operate in are: Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union, and Warren Counties. The First Tee Raritan Valley offers classes in the spring, summer, and fall seasons and summer camps in July and August.
The First Tee Raritan Valley offers classes and camps at multiple locations throughout New Jersey. To print schedules, register for classes, or gather more information, please click on our Programs and Instruction page or call our office at (732) 247-0819.
The First Tee Raritan Valley offers camps or classes at the following locations in alphabetical order:
Fiddlers Elbow Country Club, Bedminster, NJ
Galloping Hill Golf Couse, Kenilworth, NJ
Neshanic Valley Golf Course, Neshanic, NJ
Mt. Freedom Golf Center, Randolph, NJ
Picatinny Arsenal, Rockaway, NJ
Tamarack Golf Course, East Brunswick, NJ
Tara Greens Golf Center, Somerset, NJ
Architects Golf Course, Lopatcong, NJ (new in 2011)
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Class Schedules and Registration
We're pleased to announce our classes and camps will be offered at a variety of locations this year:
Download the 2010 Tara Greens Class Schedule
Download the 2010 Tamarack Class Schedule
Download the 2010 Galloping Hills Class Schedule
Download the 2010 Mt. Freedom Class Schedule
Download the 2010 Class Registration Form
You can pay online (via Paypal) for each class. Please select from the drop down list the payment amount (based on number of children) to be made and click Pay Now. Please enter the names for each child in the description field on the payment screen.
Registration Forms are still required to be submitted by the start of class.
NOTE: Class Registration Fees have been reduced for 2010
We have also introduced an Early Bird Special of $150 per child for all three sessions if paid before the Spring Session
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Programs & Instruction
The First Tee program is a unique program offering the life skils experience, core values, and golf instruction for youth. Our chapter offers sessions in six week intervals beginning in the Spring, Summer, and Fall annually. Our classes will be offered at a variety of locations to include; Tara Greens Golf Center in Somerset, Tamarack Golf Course in East Brunswick, Galloping Hill Golf Course in Kenilworth, Neshanic Valley Academy in Neshanic Station, and Picatinny Arsenal in Rockaway. For more info about our programs please call 732 247-0819 or e-mail thefirstteerv@gmail.com.
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Life Skills Experience
Through Life Skills Experience, participants learn valuable lessons about the importance of maintaining a positive attitude; how to make decisions by thinking about the possible consequences and how to define and set goals from the golf course to everyday life.
These lessons for life are taught through a variety of golf-related activities designed with the primary goal of having fun. Participants learn about themselves and others through a range of experiences enhancing their golf skills as well as their fundamental values for life. As their opportunities on the golf course expand, so do the opportunities for their futures.
All participants receive The First Tee Card so their progress can be observed as they advance through The First Tee certification levels of Player, Par, Birdie, Eagle, and Ace. Each stage introduces young people to different aspects of golf and life skills.
The lessons learned through the Life Skills Experience are lessons that will remain with young people well into their future, regardless of how long they play golf.
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Northeast Regional Championships
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Certification Program
The First Tee wants everyone who completes The First Tee program to have acquired basic golf skills and to be able to demonstrate certain fundamental life skill concepts – such as interpersonal communication and the importance of rules and etiquette. At each level of the program – Player, Par, Birdie and Eagle – participants will go through a Certification Process testing and evaluating participants understanding of and ability to apply what was taught.
Participants will complete a given number of golf and life skills lessons, and play a certain number of rounds on the chapter courses. They also will demonstrate and/or discuss core life skills and basic golf skills for instructors, who evaluate their performance.
The primary objective of the Certification Process is to ensure participants have been exposed to core lesson material and have a basic grasp of the concepts and skills. Certification testing is an opportunity to reinforce those concepts. The process is designed to provide additional assistance to those who need help in certain areas while advancing other students to the next level to acquire more life skills.
If someone is having difficulty with an aspect of the testing process, instructors will help review the material and let him or her try again. Each of the testing and evaluation forms state the specific score required to pass the golf and life skills sections at Player, Par, Birdie, and Eagle levels.
The testing and evaluation for life and golf skills is done at the same time so participants understand the life skills are as important, if not more so, than their golf skills.
Five Part Certification Program:
The First Tee Certification Process has five general requirements: core lesson exposure, life skills application, golf skills application, life skills knowledge, golf knowledge.
As coaches review the requirements and examine the assessments utilized for participant progression through The First Tee Certification, they may notice specific golf techniques such as grip, aim, and balance are not assessed. Each level of the Life Skills Experience can be taught seamlessly with golf skills curricula; consequently coaches are encouraged to develop and utilize their own golf skills curriculum and methods of assessing golf technique or use a pre-existing golf skills curriculum.
Core Lesson Exposure: For each program level, participants must be exposed to all core lessons in The First Tee Life Skills Experience. If participants miss any core lesson content, Chapters are held accountable for exposing all participants to the missed content either through one-on-one instruction or a make class, before they can complete the remaining requirements for The First Tee Certification.
Life Skills Application: This assessment examines the ability of participants to apply life skills learned to golf and non-golf settings. Participants’ ability to apply life skills is determined through ongoing behavioral observations occurring during class activities. Chapters should assess the life skills as designated by The First Tee home office.
Golf Skills Application: Participants should be assessed on golf skills in four areas: putting, short game, full-swing (fairways) and full-swing (greens). Although The First Tee Golf Skills application assesses performance on the same golf skills as participants move through the levels, there is a progression in performance required at each level.
Life Skills Knowledge: This is a written review of life skills knowledge participants have gained through their participation in The First Tee Life Skills Experience.
Golf Knowledge: This is a written review of general golf knowledge, The Rules of Golf and etiquette participants have gained through their participation in the Life Skills Experience.
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Summer Camps and Registration
For 2010, we are also pleased to announce summer camps at three great locations. Please download the brochure to view locations & dates.
Download the 2010 Summer Golf Camps Brochure
Download the 2010 Summer Camp Registration Form
You can pay online (via Paypal) for Camps. Please select from the drop down list the payment amount (based on number of children and number of weeks) to be made and click Pay Now. Please enter the names for each child, the camp and associated dates of attendance in the description field on the payment screen. For registrations of more than 2 children, please make multiple payments or contact the First Tee Program for additional information.
Registration Forms are still required to be submitted by the start of camp.
NOTE: Summer Camp Registration Fees have been reduced for 2010
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Assistant Coach Training |
| The First Tee Assistant Coach Training for individuals who want to be more involved with the ongoing coaching and mentoring of The First Tee participants at the Chapter level but may not be able to spend the time required to become recognized as a The First Tee Coach. |
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