When my son first started swinging a club (age 2) I just let him swing away but by age 5 I had shown him a proper stance and foot position and at that age he preferred the 10 finger baseball style grip. Initially he machine gunned as many balls as he could, as fast as he could, but I slowed him down by having him verbally repeat this mantra before every swing:
"Line it up"......Which meant ...
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Thanks for the quick response. In terms of his consistent distance, he hits over 30 yards from the tee about 75% of the time. In terms of off the turf, I've never let him try. I think this mainly stemmed from the Penick academy I went too in which they pretty much ingrained to practice on a tee. I don't anymore, but figured for him to learn and not get discouraged, give him as much advantage ...
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Leaguegolf replied 1 month, 1 week ago
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pgonza2723 replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Then it seems like we are mostly alike then. As of now, I just ask him if he is set up right (which means he takes a quick glance to see if his ball position and alignment are good) and goes. I've always heard to have the junior swing hard, but him doing that comes from Dad's pitch baseball so no worries on that. I'll have him start mixing between the ground and the tee from now on. The last ...
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JimSomebody replied 1 month, 1 week ago
I've never taught a kid to play golf, but I have heard that there are two
approaches when it comes to power. (1) Swing hard; learn control later; (2)
Swing with control; add power later. I have no idea which is better (if
either is), but I thought I would mention this. Thoughts, anyone?
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Leaguegolf replied 1 month, 1 week ago
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The last visit to Edwin Watts got him asking for a better set than Snoopy (which was getting too short for him anyways) which got me poking around the internet for various junior clubs. Although I'm sure it's overkill, he decided he wanted the Taylormade set just like mine and ended up finding ...
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pgonza2723 replied 1 month, 1 week ago
I don't know which is better, but how I'm approaching it and it sounds
leaguegolf is the same is the emphasis on power development.
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pgonza2723 replied 1 month, 1 week ago
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One practice game that my son really enjoyed (in fact we still play it) is around the practice green. I'd take 10 balls and chip them to the various holes on the practice green and then he had to putt them all in. After he'd counted all his putts we'd reverse roles and he'd chip to the various ...
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Leaguegolf replied 1 month, 1 week ago
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I've never taught a kid to play golf, but I have heard that there are two approaches when it comes to power. (1) Swing hard; learn control later; (2) Swing with control; add power later. I have no idea which is better (if either is), but I thought I would mention this. Thoughts, anyone?...
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