Register for training by filling out the TD Training Registration form. You will receive an invitation email to register onto the PDGA TD Training platform.
This course is designed for all PDGA Tournament Directors. While it might be more of a review for the most experienced TDs, we believe everyone that completes the training will benefit from the time they spend on it. For new TDs, this will provide you with many resources, tips and tricks for making your events run as successfully as possible.
You will receive a certificate that shows your successful completion of the course, and your information will be stored in the PDGA database of TDs with the TD Training Certification.
At this time, the training is not required, but we encourage both experienced and new TDs to participate in it, as we think it will make your job a lot easier running disc golf tournaments in the future.
Simply close out of the course and when you log back in, you choose the hole you want from the course map and click the “Resume” button. Don’t feel pressured to complete it all in one session.
TD Training is an online interactive learning experience utilizing videos, interactive graphics, exercises, and a narrator to walk you through the training and quizzes that cover nearly every aspect of running a sanctioned event. TD School is a collection of videos on various aspects of being a TD that are also included within TD Training.
Yes! But currently the training is only offered in English, and the training is based on the standard ORDG and Competition Manual, so be advised that certain rule and practice variations may exist outside the United States and Canada. Those can be found in Section 6 of the Competition Manual.
No, this is an engaging and interactive training program set up to provide any information PDGA staff thought would be helpful for your journey as a TD. The training comes with videos, interactive graphics, a narrator to walk you through the training, and quizzes at the end of each hole.
That can vary, each lesson takes a different amount of time. While the overall training can take 10+ hours to complete, don’t feel like you must do it all in one sitting. The training is designed to fit into the schedules of our busy TDs, allowing them to pick up where they left off.
The PDGA’s TD Training course consists of 18 lessons (or “Holes”) that cover topics from determining what type of event to run, planning your event, sanctioning your event, setting up registration, use of PDGA’s tournament management software, using PDGA Live scoring, event finances, rules and rulings, and submitting your event report.
PDGA’s TD Training program is a web-based course designed to teach prospective and existing Tournament Directors both the technical aspects and “Best Practices” on how to run disc golf tournaments.
