Accessible Golf
Making it a Game Fore All

Recent research by the National Alliance for Accessible Golf (NAAG) reveals that the demand for accessible golf is rising fast. An estimated 10 percent of the 54 million Americans with disabilities currently play golf and another 35 percent would like to play.

Golf professionals, instructors and club managers will use this book to ensure they are providing appropriate fecilities and opportunities for individuals with disabilities, Golfers with disabilities may also use this book to teach themselves how to adapt the game. Provides practical teaching and coaching information, including working with adapted equipment, adapting the environment and adapting play. Covers specific disabilities including cognitive, attentional, visual, hearing and physical impairments, accompanied by the implications for golf instruction. Addresses the specific aspects of enabling a wide variety of individuals with disabilities to play and enjoy the game.

Part I: Making Golf Accessible to All
Chapter 1. Protecting the Rights of All to Play Golf
Chapter 2. Improving Access at Your Facility
Chapter 3. Meeting the Needs in Your Community
Chapter 4. The Value of Golf in the Lives of Individuals with Disabilities
Part II: Learning and Playing with a Disability
Chapter 5. Teaching the Game of Golf
Chapter 6. Playing the Game of Golf
Chapter 7. Creating Safe Learning Environments
Chapter 8. Understanding the Learner: Assessment Related to individuals with Disabilities
Part III: Understanding the Needs of Golfers with Disabilities
Chapter 9. Understanding People with Cognitive impairments and Implications for Golf Instruction
Chapter 10. Understanding People with Attentional impairments and implications for Golf Instruction
Chapter 11. Understanding People with Visual or Hearing impairments and Implications for Golf instruction
Chapter 12. Understanding People with Physical Disabilities and Implications for Golf Instruction
Part IV: Developing a Full-Participation Golf Program
Chapter 13. Adaptive Equipment
Chapter 14. Creating Community-Based Support
Chapter 15. Program Development: Creating a Team
Part V: Resources - Appendices.