On January 3rd and 4th, the First Tee of East Baton Rouge Parish held an new program that was called College Prep for their participants. This program was held by First Tee alumni and current collegiate golfer Kyle Bennett. The seminar consisted of many aspects of the life of a student athlete who is currently in high school athletics and potentially moving into Collegiate athletics or academics in the near future.
These topics included:
- Time Management- How to balance school, workouts, golf practice and traveling for tournaments
- Recruiting Process- How it works, Who to talk to, and How to communicate
- Junior Golf Scoreboard- What is it, Why does it matter, and What Tournaments count toward this
- Different Divisions in college athletics and expectations of each one
- Examples of How to practice Long vs short practice
- What do you know now that you wish you knew back then?