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SCHOOLS & CAMPS

The Seaver Golf Academy offers golf schools, school series, customized schools, and junior summer camps. Our schools are unique for a number of reasons. Here's why you should attend our Academy:

World Class Instruction

First, you'll get world-class instruction from professionals who are committed to helping you improve your game. We don't teach you a method. We teach you to play better golf!

Our Approach is Better

Second, it's not just about mechanics. You've probably heard it said that golf is 90% mental. Why is it then that you can only find mechanical swing instruction?
Seaver Golf Academy instructors are uniquely qualified to blend both physical and mental training into a seamless learning experience that will enrich your understanding and your enjoyment of the game in a totally unique way. Eric Jones is one of the very few PGA instructors in the country with a Masters degree in Sport Psychology. This formal training allows him to address a much broader range of performance issues and to provide a more comprehensive and richer learning experience. Indeed, at the Seaver Golf Academy we are convinced that the future of golf instruction lies in combining both mental and physical training for peak performance, and we hope the golf industry will soon be following our lead to this new paradigm.

Personalized Attention and Custom Instruction

Our golf schools are targeted for specific golfers with specific needs. If you are new to golf you should attend our Intro to Golf series or our Laid Back School. If you have always dreamed of shooting in the 80s you should attend our mental skills training school or the Performance school. If you want to learn how to perform in tournament situations, you should attend our Tournament School sponsored by amateurgolf.com. The point is that you will be in schools or series with people of similar ability and interests, learning the same types of skills. We keep our student to instructor ratio at 4:1 or better so that you will get the personal attention you need and the results you want.

Golf Schools

One-, two-, and four-day schools are offered throughout the year. We keep the schools fun, informative, and active, and include a break for lunch and play on-course afterwards.

The Golf Coach Program
The Golf Coach Program is new and, to the best of our knowledge, may be unique in the country. The concept arose from Eric's Sport Psychology Master's degree work which indicated that participation in a structured program produces faster learning and greater performance improvement than the traditional instruction model. Thus far, feedback from program participants proves that is is more fun, too!
The Coach Program is a 3-month session that includes a monthly playing lesson, a personalized improvement plan each 30 days, and regularly scheduled practice sessions each week.
The idea behind the Golf Coach program was to re-think the golf instruction paradigm by encouraging students to spend more time in an instructional environment rather than let students flounder through practice on their own. The current model of golf instruction discourages players from spending enough time with an instructor. This program is designed to encourage players to spend as much time with the coach as they can, and to learn new skills as well as address game improvement areas.
Each month the same group of "buddies" plays 9 holes with the instructor. From that playing session, the coach and player determine game improvement areas to focus on for the next 30 days. The player can then attend more than 50 hours of pre-scheduled practice times to work on their improvement areas under the eye of the coach.
Two of the key benefits to the player are the lesson plans, which help the player focus on the weakest parts of their game, and the supervised practice sessions, where the coach is watching and assisting the player during practice. Players practice the most important aspects of their game, and they practice more effectively with the Coach helping. Cost of the program is $195.00 per month, not including greens fees. Range balls are included. If you are interested in the program and are willing to spend some time attending the practice sessions, please send an email to Eric Jones at eric@longdrivechamp.com or call 650-274-3890.

Parent/Child Schools
Parent/Child golf camps are another unique school offered by Seaver Golf Academy. These two-day programs run on a Sat/Sun and start at 12:00 and end at 8:00. The Parent/Junior schools are a wonderful way for parents and their athlete juniors to share a learning experience together. Parents will learn how to support their athlete juniors by creating a mastery environment and emphasizing growth and effort over outcomes and winning. Juniors will learn constructive communication techniques. Everybody will have a good time and build the kinds of bonds that last a life time.