{"id":220080,"date":"2018-03-08T14:11:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/rookies-guide-succeed-in-your-first-year-of-college-golf\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:15:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:15:24","slug":"rookies-guide-succeed-in-your-first-year-of-college-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/rookies-guide-succeed-in-your-first-year-of-college-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookies Guide: Succeed in your first year of College Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The freshman year is full of challenges, especially if you are a dual career\u00a0athlete<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>UGPM\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/ugpmalaga.com\/en\/golf-program\/#coachingteam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">coaching team<\/a> and senior players got together to talk us about those details that can help you succeed in your first year as a rookie at UGPM or at any other university golf team. Hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Your <strong>academic performance is always at first place<\/strong>. For <a href=\"http:\/\/ugpmalaga.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UGPM<\/a> it is important that you have a strong academic base so that you can then dedicate the necessary time to your golf performance<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; Introduce yourself to the teachers, ask as much as you can and <strong>make them notice you<\/strong>. High-performance university athletes are highly valued by the universities. The teacher will empathize with your athlete condition and will help you in everything possible<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; <strong>Do not fall behind in your studies<\/strong> and never miss a class. Each class you take will mean less home-study time and more time to play golf<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211; <strong>Do not get obsessed with your competition results<\/strong>. We don\u2019t do it; we think long-term and give more importance to your progress during the program<\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211; Trust your team, and above all, <strong>trust yourself<\/strong>. \u00a0Perseverance\u00a0is what makes the\u00a0difference between\u00a0the winner\u00a0and the\u00a0loser<\/p>\n<p><em>6 &#8211; \u201c<strong>Good manners\u00a0will open doors that the best education cannot<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em>. Wear your uniform nicely, be punctual, be respectful, be friendly and offer your help to others<\/p>\n<p>7 &#8211; Respect your \u201cseniors\u201d and <strong>learn from them<\/strong>. They have already done the journey that you still have ahead<\/p>\n<p>8 &#8211; <strong>Listen to your coach<\/strong>, he is there to guide you<\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; \u201cGo hard or go home!\u201d. <strong>Work hard<\/strong>, the coaching team and UGPM players will see it and won\u2019t doubt to support you all the tim<\/p>\n<p>10 &#8211; And last but not less important: <strong>Enjoy. Have fun. Seize the opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The freshman year is full of challenges, especially if you are a dual career\u00a0athlete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grow-your-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220597,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220080\/revisions\/220597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitygolfspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}