PurePoint Golf Apprentice Program Instructions

How to Use the PurePoint Golf Apprentice Program

Table of Contents

1. Welcome to the PurePoint Golf Apprentice Program
2. Today I would like to…
3. My Desktop
4. Lessons
   A. Main Lessons Page
   B. Current Lesson
   C. Current Month
   D. Accessing Teleseminars
   E. Playing a Teleseminar
   F. Searching for Lessons
5. Members Only Forum
   A. Forum Home Page
   B. Accessing a Forum
   C. Accessing a Post
   D. Adding a New Post
6. Stat Tracker
   A. Stat Tracker Home Page
   B. Adding Stats
   C. Adding a Course
   D. Swing Analyzer Software Download
7. Apprentice Community
   A. Community Home Page
   B. Search for Members Near You
   C. Member Blogs
   D. Chat with Members
   E. Member Messaging
   F. Events
   G. Adding an Event
   H. My Contacts
   I. My Account
   J. Update My Account
8. Getting Help if You Need It

1. Welcome to the PurePoint Golf Apprentice Program
This instruction manual is to help all of our members utilize every feature of the newly redesigned Apprentice Program. We’ve added a lot of functionality and we want to make sure that none of our members are left behind. Hopefully this manual will answer any and all questions you have on the new Apprentice Program design. If it doesn’t, please don’t hesitate to contact us at help@purepointgolf.com or community@purepointgolf.com.
Your introduction to the new Apprentice Program starts with a look at the login page.

Use the login form on the home page to login to the Apprentice Program. Use the username and password that you entered when you signed up.

2. Today I would like to…
The new Apprentice Program has a new home page. The new home page lists simply “Today I would like to…” where you can choose from the simple list of the normal member activities.

You can choose to go to the Lessons area, read posts in the forum, enter stats in the Stat Tracker area, search for members in the member directory, read other members blogs or post items to your own, download the Swing Analyzer software, or manage your account.

3. My Desktop
The new Apprentice Program also has a “Desktop” page where you can upload pictures to your profile, add or edit information to your profile, view your current lessons and more.

The desktop also lists upcoming Events, your contacts, and more.
This is a great home base to start from in the Apprentice Program.

 

4. Lessons
The Lessons section is broken up into several areas. You can view all available lessons, your current lesson, your current lesson month, available teleseminars, and more. You can search through the available lessons to find specific lessons and videos.

A: Lessons Main Page
The main lessons page lists all of your available lessons. To view a specific lesson, click on the Month name to expand the month and click the individual week links to view each week’s individual lessons.

B: Current Lesson
Click the Current Lesson link in the sub-navigation bar to go to your current lesson. This is the most recent lesson available to you in the Apprentice Program.

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C: Current Month
If you would like to view the month of lessons in the Apprentice Program that you’re currently in, you can click the Current Month link in the sub-navigation bar. This will list all of the available lessons in your most recent month of lessons in the Apprentice Program.

D: Accessing the Teleseminars
Each month’s teleseminar is available to everyone in the Apprentice Program. Even if you’re on the Chipping Month, you can still listen to the teleseminar from the Full Swing or Driver months just by accessing the teleseminar page.
Click the Teleseminars link in the sub-navigation bar and a list of all available teleseminars will be shown. Then click the name of the teleseminar you would like to listen to to open that teleseminar’s information. You can then either play the teleseminar’s MP3 file through the flash plugin in your browser or download it to your computer and listen to it whenever you’d like.
Please remember that teleseminars are AUDIO ONLY. There is no video component to the teleseminars.

E: Playing the Teleseminars
To play one of the teleseminars in your browser, simply click on the teleseminar name to open that teleseminar and then click on the arrow on the flash player to start playing the teleseminar in your browser.

Download the teleseminar by clicking the link right under the name.

F: Searching for Lessons
To search for a lesson in the Apprentice Program, just use the Search function in the upper right hand corner of the web site, or you can click the Search link in the sub-navigation bar.

5. Members Only Forum
The Apprentice Program Members Only Forum is an excellent place to share your thoughts, information, and questions with other Apprentice members. You can post any questions you have on the Forum and our Head Teaching Pro, Bobby Eldridge, will be happy to answer them – usually within 24 hours.
A: Forum Home Page
The Members Only Forum home page allows you to access any of the topics being covered in the fourm. You can view Announcements from PurePoint Golf, Introduce Yourself to the forum members, ask general Golf Questions, ask questions for the upcoming Teleseminar, Chipping, Pitching, Full Swing, Putting and more.

B: Accessing a Forum
If you’d like to access one of the specific forums, just click the name of the forum on the forum home page. You will then be taken to all of the threads on that topic.

Some good terms to know:
Forum: A large group of topics or threads all on one subject.
Topic or Thread: Topics and threads are synonymous. The both mean a single string of posts on one question or topic.
Post: Each individual block of text that’s been added to the topic.

C: Accessing a Post
To read a specific post in a topic, click on the topic name and scroll down to the post you would like to leave. You can add a post by clicking the “Reply to Post” button. You will then be taken to a form where you can type in your post and it will be added to the forum topic.

 

D: Adding a New Topic
Add a topic in the forum is easy. Just click the name of the forum that best fits your question (if your questions is about the full swing, then you should add your topic to the Full Swing forum), and click the “New Topic” button to the upper left of the forum page. (See the image under 5-B to find the button.)
IMPORTANT: You MUST add a subject line to your topic. Think of the subject as a title to your question or topic.

 

6. Stat Tracker
The Stat Tracker is mostly unchanged from previous versions of the Apprentice Program. You can still add stats from every round you play and track your vital statistics like greens in regulation, fairways hit, number of putts, drive distances, etc.
A: Stat Tracker Home Page
The Stat Tracker home page let’s you access all portions of the Stat Tracker program. You can view your stats, add stats, add a course and more.

B: Adding Stats
Click the Add a Round link in either the sub-navigation bar or in the right hand sidebar to add a new round of golf to your stats. When you get to the Add a Round page, you need to choose whether you played an 18 hole round or a 9 hole round.
Then select the course you played your round at. If you don’t see the course you played, click the Add a Course link (see the next step for more information).
Then just fill in your score on each hole and if you want to you can add: number of putts, fairway hit, sand trap, penalty stroke, and drive distance. When you’re finished adding the stats, click the Calculate Score button to calculate your score. Then review the calculations and click the Confirm Score button to finish the process.

C: Adding a Course
To add a course, you can click the Add / Edit Courses link from the sub-navigation bar or in the right hand sidebar. When you add a course, you can choose to add it as a 9 hole course or an 18 hole course. You can add the course information, such as address and phone number, but also the hole information such as par and length. Under the comments section, we would suggest you add what set of tees the distances added are for (Blue, Red, White, etc.).

 

D: Swing Analyzer Software Download
The Swing Analyzer software package is now included in the Stat Tracker section. You can download and install the Swing Analyzer (still in Beta Test version). You can use the Swing Analyzer to compare video of your swing side-by-side in our exclusive software package.
If you have any problems with the Swing Analyzer, please contact our Tech Support department at techsupport@purepointgolf.com.

 

7. Apprentice Community
The new Apprentice Program Community is where you will be able to interact with members all over the world. You can look for members near you, read other members blogs or post to one of your own, chat with members using our exclusive chat rooms, email messages to other members through our internal mailing system, add and view upcoming events, and more.
A: Community Home Page
The Community starts at the home page. Like the Apprentice Program home page, it poses the simple statement “Today, I would like to…” and gives you several choices to complete the statement. Just click any of those links to be taken to that area of the Apprentice Community.

B: Search for Members Near You
To search for specific members in the Apprentice Community, just click the search link from the sub-navigation bar. You will be taken to the search page (shown below) where you can enter keywords, usernames, or use the range function to define a number of miles for the search to limit itself to. To search members by location only, click the Advanced tab and use the location feature to search.

 

C: Member Blogs
Every member is allowed to post to a blog. In order to post to your blog, click the Blogs link in the sub-navigation bar. That will take you to the Blogs page. You can then click the My Blog link to add your own blog to the Apprentice Program. Use the Blogs page to view other members’ blogs or click the blog link from another member’s home page to read their blog.

 

D: Chat with Members
We’ve tried hard to give you every opportunity to connect to other members in the Apprentice Program. You can blog, share forum posts, message each other, and you can also Chat.
To chat with a member, just click the Chatrooms link from the sub-navigation bar. This will take you to the main chat room. To connect with specific members, send them a message through the internal messaging system (see the next step) and arrange a time to meet in the chat room.

 

E: Member Messaging
The Apprentice Program has its own internal messaging service. It works just like email, but its only available within the Apprentice Program. So if you want to send someone a message, just click on the My Mail link in the sub-navigation bar to access the mail system.
You can send other members mail from here or receive and read your own.

 

F: Events
If you’ve got an important event coming up that you’d like other Apprentice Programs to know about – maybe a charity golf tournament or a birthday or anything – then you can post the event to our Events page. Just click the Events link in the sub-navigation bar and you’ll be able to see all of the events listed for the current day as well as links to future dates on the right.
We’ll go over how to add an event on the following page:

 

G: Adding an Event
To add an event, click the Create an Event link on any of the events pages. You will be taken to a form where you can add information about your event. Select the date, time, add a picture, and more.

 

H: My Contacts
You can add any Apprentice Program member to your Contacts list just by clicking on the “Add to your contacts” link on their profile page. Look for the link highlighted in the lower right of the picture below:

Once added they’ll appear in your contacts list on your Desktop. You can also see your existing contacts by clicking the My Contacts link in the sub-navigation bar.

 

I: My Account
You can check the status of your account by clicking on the My Account link from the Desktop or from the sub-navigation menu.

 

J: Update My Account
You can edit your profile or add information to it by clicking the My Information link on the Desktop.

8. Get Help if You Need It
If there’s ever something you would like to do in the Apprentice Program but can’t figure out how, we’re always here to help.
Either post a questions in the forum under the Questions about the Apprentice Program forum, or you can email use for help at techsupport@purepointgolf.com.

Thanks for taking the time to read this help manual.

This manual is always available online at http://www.purepointgolf.com/members/instructions.pdf