JUNIOR GOLF STREAM
GRAYDON C
Kate Tempesta, LPGA
Founder, Owner, President of Fun,
Kate Tempesta Urban Golf Academy
(UGA), New York City
Birdie Basics: Helping Children
Learn and Love the Game of Golf
Through Play
Kate Tempesta founded the Urban
Golf Academy to combine her
passions for golf, early childhood
education, and movement. To this
day she considers herself to have
the best job in the world.
Kate uses many innovative
strategies in her programs, the most
useful of which are UGA's trademark
"Birdie-isms"; effective and engaging
metaphors that take the complex
physical, mental, and emotional
concepts of golf and make them
both accessible and memorable for
children.
Over the years, with Kate at the
helm, UGA has provided the joy of
golf to 1,000 children annually. Most
recently, Kate has engaged with her
team to develop the Birdie Basics
and Birdie Basics Pro boxes; a joint
curriculum, lecture series, and utility
kit that gives parents, teachers, and
professional coaches alike the tools
and access to implement UGA's
proven methods to turn their children
and students into lifelong golfers.
GRAYDON AB
12:15-1:30
Paul Schempp, Ph.D
Professor, Sport Instruction
Research Lab,
University of Georgia
Traits of the Greats in
Teaching & Coaching Golf
1:30-3:00
