Gold Coast Golf School - Expert Golf Coaching Lessons for Beginners to Winners - Juniors through to Seniors
Why wouldn't you? You want the best for your son or daughter and if you can help them to earn considerable income at an early age it makes sense to look at professional sports like golf to facilitate that. The trouble is that like anything else in life it's just not that easy to go out there and earn significant amounts of dollars especially early in one's career.
However you can make it easier for your teenager to become more successful by making sure that you give them every opportunity to develop their skills, experience and knowledge. Becoming successful at golf is a long road so makesure that you have a group of people behind you that can give you the guidance you need to keep making progress.
This is one of the critical steps in shaping your teenagers golf skills and mind.
Ideally your son or daughter should have one hour golf lessons every week (forty to forty five lessons per year) from the age of twelve and they should be focused on a number of critical factors;
1. A good golf swing is a product of a good grip, get this right at the beginning and it will make a tremendous difference later on.
2. Junior golfers are growing continually and as such they suffer from postural problems like slouching from the shoulders and bending from the waist not from the hips often because their hamstring muscles are tight. Your teenager shoulder stretch every day particularly in the back of the legs, (hamstrings) and upper body.(shoulders/chest)
3. The idea is to develop a technically proficient golf swing as early as possible which means basically two things; a golf swing that is in plane and a strong rotation of the body and arms to generate sufficient club-head speed.
4. Right from the beginning work with your teenager on their attitude towards adversity as there's likely to be plenty of setbacks along the way. Developing effective coping strategies to deal with the setbacks will accelerate their progress through the tough spots.
5. Get them into competition right from the beginning and teach them to enjoy the idea of competing against others and also the added bonus of developing lifelong friendships.
6. Encourage your teenager to study the rules and etiquette of golf and become familiar with the most important and most common rules infractions so they feel confident about any situation that may arise on the golf course.
7. Your teenager should spend sixty to seventy percent of their time working on their short game and the rest of the time on their long game.
Find a good golf instructor early in your child's development and build a committed relationship with them.
Ask around and find a coach who is getting success with junior golfers and interview them about their approach to teaching junior golfers.
I've seen many parents chop and change golf teachers to the detriment of their son or daughters golf progress. It is critical to start laying down a good golf technique as early as possible and going to different teachers looking for the ultimate golf lesson doesn't work and will lead to confusion and dissatisfaction.
