Junior Golf Lessons
Not everyone can have junior golf lessons and become a child
golf prodigy like Tiger Woods. It is most important to keep
the game fun when introducing your child to junior golf
lessons and playing golf. Have you ever noticed how a junior
just taking up the game of golf? If allowed, they will take
a very natural golf swing. The young golfers are not
thinking about golf instruction or golf mechanics. Let your
child enjoy learning the game by their own trial and error
until THEY are ready to take the game more seriously. You
can keep it fun away from the golf course by keeping a
junior golf journal at home. Remember we play the game
because it is fun.
Up until the child is in High School, practice sessions
should be limited in time so the junior is not over-whelmed
and should only be taken to the practice facility if the
child wants to go and have fun. This will keep the junior
motivated to go and practice more often.
In keeping golf fun, refrain from giving a junior golf
instructions and let your junior swing as hard as they want
from time to time during their full swing practice. As for
your junior's golf grip, just make sure the right hand is
lower than the left hand for a right-handed golfer. Remember
keep the fun and non-restrictive and do not worry about a
proper grip, yet. It would be more beneficial for you junior
to play a game such as being able to count to three without
losing their balance no matter how hard they swing.
To keep your juniors motivation high and to allow your
junior golfer to learn to feel the club, start with putting
and chipping drills. Here are some easy ones to use:
Putting
Ladder drill - Using a sleeve of balls (three), Place a golf
ball at four feet, eight feet and twelve feet from the
putting cup. Begin with the four foot putt. If you make the
four foot putt, then move to the eight foot putt. If you
miss the four foot putt, then start over again with the four
foot putt. Repeat this until all three putts are made.
Pull back drill - Pick a long putt in which you need to lag.
Hit your putt. Did you make it? If then the answer is yes,
then great. If not, move the golf ball a putter length
further away from the hole. Keep this up until the golf ball
is holed.
Chipping
Over the bag - This is a simple fun way to learn how to
chip. Place a golf bag off of the green and set up to chip
three to six feet behind the bag. The closer to the bag you
place your ball, the bigger the challenge. Now making your
chipping stroke your goal is to clear the bag while getting
the golf ball close to the hole.
Chip to par - Pick several positions to chip from. Use one
golf ball and as you would on the golf course, chip the ball
as close to the hole as possible. Then proceed to putt the
ball into the hole. Add up your strokes and go to the same
spots and try to lower your overall score. These drills are
easy to turn into fun games or challenges.
Consider private junior golf instruction or a summer golf
camp taught by PGA Professionals if your junior shows the
interest. If this becomes an option, use references from
friends and co-workers to find the PGA professional that
would be right for your child. Again, the main goal is to
keep it fun and not try to make your golfer into a
mechanical machine.
The Wireless Golf Coach is a website created by PGA
Professionals to provide affordable online golf instruction.
This is accomplished by offering unlimited online golf
lessons through memberships at
http://www.virtualgolfswing.com With an online connection
with your computer, PDA or phone, you can literally take
your golf lesson anywhere. In addition, enjoy the
competitive pricing in the online golf shop.
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