Ricky Kline

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional

Other awards won:

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 600
Female: 200
Junior: 500

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
2-3

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
We started to use the Onform app for our video analysis software but also a way to organize our students into their own profiles and have a history with each student recorded on the application and give us an opportunity to do remote lessons. As mentioned briefly in question 10, I started to use this technology as a way to do “check in lessons” with students between appointments. I have a number of students that come from 1-3 hours away for lessons. Because of this, their lessons can be spaced out a little further apart then they might need. I initially used it for that situation where they send me videos at least once per week and they describe to me what the shot felt like and how it flew. Then I can either comment back or do a voiceover video to talk through the situation. This has now evolved into having students send me videos of their practice sessions so I can make sure they practice the correct things. It takes 1-2 minutes to typically look at their videos and just give them a quick great job or great session. This feedback keeps the student engaged with practicing and I’ve noticed their progress jump significantly quicker and better when they stay involved with the videos. I don’t charge anything for the time, but it honestly makes me life better as well because the student comes back in for their next lesson more prepared and have a better understanding of what good/bad things have been going on for them.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged: