Category: Coaching

The Croquet Academy launches its 2023 Coaching programme with many of its courses being conducted on its World Quality lawns at Southwick. Players wishing to book on to any courses can do so via the Croquet Academy Website course entry page.

Highlights of the 2023 programme are:

• To encourage more players to take up or improve their game, prices for 2023 are the same or less than 2022.
• A new Modular Short Croquet course run over 4 sessions in the autumn and spring of 23/24 following the success of the 2022 series.
• A comprehensive series of AC courses covering players of all abilities including Cliff Jones’ Triple Peel course.
• A comprehensive set of GC courses covering players of all abilities with a choice of three venues: Southwick, Guildford & Tunbridge Wells
• A special one day course and seminar “Golf Croquet Mistakes (and how to avoid them), presented by Stephen Custance-Baker. This informative day is based on his book of the same title. Signed copies of his books will be available for sale at the end of the course.
• Following our first trial of an on demand modular course, we are delighted that Rich Waterman, the CA’s Director of Coaching, is offering an enhanced series of on-demand modules as well as 3 live Zoom sessions during the year. Entitled “Mindset Mastery”. Rich is an expert in his field and this course will be available world wide giving you the opportunity to improve your mindset and share experiences with a worldwide croquet community.
• Croquet needs more coaches and referees. In 2023 we are offering a subsidised Coaches Qualification Course as well as a GC Referees Qualification Course.

Fuller details of courses can be found on the Academy website and by contacting the Academy Secretary whose details you will find on the website.

An Introduction to Association Croquet

This modular course is ideal for Golf Croquet (GC) Players wishing to learn the basic skills of Association Croquet (AC). Not only will the course teach you the basics of AC but many of the techniques used will help your GC play. (All 4 semi-finalists in the 2022 World Golf Croquet Championship were top World AC players)

Location: Southwick
Dates: 26th & 31st October, 19th & 24th November 2022
Timings: 10am – 2pm per module
Cost: £15 per module
Tea and Coffee included. Bring your own lunch.

Golf Croquet Workshops

The aim of these one day workshops is to help you improve your game whether it be tactics or stroke technique. Each workshop will be run with one coach covering maximum of 4 people. The workshop will be tailored to your individual needs and will be ideal for players in the 6 – 10 handicap range.

Locations: Southwick & Tunbridge Wells
Dates: Southwick 12th October 2022
Tunbridge Wells 28th October 2022
Timings: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £50. CA Premium Members £40
Tea and coffee included. Bring your own lunch.

Coaches Qualification and Training Course

The Academy have been asked to run a course for aspiring Club Croquet Coaches. The course will be run over 2 days as part of the qualification process. Attendees will then be expected to run 5 practical coaching sessions back at club level as part of their qualification process.

Location: Southwick
Dates: 14th/15th March 2023
Timings: 9.30am-4.30pm each day
Cost: £75; CA Premium member £60*
Tea and coffee. included Bring your own lunch.
*A £40 subsidy is available for all attendees on their first Coaches Course making the Course £35 for Standard CA Members & £20 for Premium CA Members.

The Croquet Academy

Your chance to learn Association Croquet over the Winter

Have you ever considered learning how to play Association Croquet? Whether you just want to try it out or use the techniques to improve your golf croquet, The Academy are offering a special modular winter programme to help you on your way.

This will be a course with a difference:

• We are going to start by teaching you Ricochet. This game has swept the pacific basin and apart from learning a new fun game will give you some of the techniques to being a successful Association Croquet Player.
• We going to use short Croquet Lawns. This will make it far easier to be able to undertake the strokes and start making breaks.
• We are going to break the course down into short modules, then give you a number of practice routines to hone your skills .

The modules will be run by Academy coaches, with a maximum ratio of 4 players for every coach thus ensuring plenty of one to one advice and help.

Proposed course dates:

Module 1 Tuesday 19^th October 

Module 2 Wednesday 27^th October 

Module 3 Tuesday 16^th November 

Module 4 Saturday 20^th November

 

Course content includes: Learn how to play Ricochet and then play a game. An introductory session on Association Croquet covering some basics including the roquet shot and a few laws. The croquet shot – The take off shot with practice routines. The straight drive and the stop shot. Practice routine using all three shots. Introduction to splits and rolls. Making a break – Understanding the 4 ball break. Keeping the break going.

How to open the game. How to set up a break. How to finish a break to your advantage. Effective use of bisques. Practice routines to work on over the winter.

Timing: 10.15am – 3.15pm (Bring you own lunch)

Cost for 4 modules:

£100 (CA Standard Members)

£80 (CA Premium members)

The following spring we plan to organise 2 x 1 one day courses to develop your skills.

To Apply: Complete the course entry form on The Croquet Academy website: www.thecroquetacademy.com

Course title: Modular Introduction to Association Croquet. For further advice contact 

Frances Low on 01273 388910

Welcome back!

The Croquet Academy is now in full swing and ready to get everything going again after such a long break due to government lockdown.

All safety precautions are in place and in line with government and CA guidelines and with 11 lawns there’s plenty of space to comply with the latest Covid control measures.

Courses that were cancelled due to the lockdown have been deferred to later in the season so no need worry about missing that course you wanted to attend.

Along with the Academy Coaches we have several World Champion visiting coaches so don’t miss the chance to learn how to improve your game and skills with these coaches such as Stephen Mulliner, Jonathan Powe, Stephen Custance-Baker and Cliff Jones.

The Academy is also here for those more experienced players who aspire to become coaches in their own rights, or even to push themselves further to become a referee.

You’ll find all you need at The Croquet Academy.

For all general enquiries or course queries contact: courses@thecroquetacademy.com

Follow this link to watch the recording of the webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv4Eg2D94Ag

We’ve added a Referee’s course, and Jonathan Powe is now running the GC Masterclass. Please see our full Programme.