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re: When should I start my boy in golf?
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:27 pm to BRgetthenet
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:27 pm to BRgetthenet
quote:Hmmm. So I’m guessing he was on the team in the early 70s... I know a few guys from then. Good chance we have shot the shite
My fil was on the LSU tennis team. He beat Connors on the Junior Circuit when he was 11 in Tennessee. He rode the train by himself up there, delivered bidness, and came home.
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Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:29 pm to BRgetthenet
My 9 year old usually beats Thibby
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:31 pm to lsupride87
He runs a tennis program in city park for the Greater New Orleans area’s Little Lebowski Urban Achievers. Children without the necessary means for the necessary means.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:47 pm to lsupride87
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I’m just wondering when I should first get him an official lesson and such
Not until 8-10ish and only if he asks to get one. Just keep it fun and make it about spending time together.
If he shows more interest, feed it, but keep his feet on the ground and focused on being a good person not good golfer.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:57 pm to lsupride87
Kids learn the golf swing by watching and copying. Get some wiffle balls to hit in the back yard. It worked for Bubba Watson. Take him to the range and let him a few alongside yourself. No lessons until age 8 or so, other than showing him the proper grip.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 8:58 pm to CoachChappy
Posted on 5/7/18 at 9:09 pm to lsupride87
My son is 3 and we've been hitting plastic and foam balls in the yard almost daily for over a year. He loves golf, both playing and watching on TV. I take him to the range occasionally so he can hit real balls as well
Posted on 5/7/18 at 9:13 pm to lsupride87
quote:Again, this isn’t hard. Start him playing now and see where it goes. You have several years before you need to make any decisions beyond that.
I’m just wondering when I should first get him an official lesson and such, to where I can know it wasn’t me not giving him the opportunity that was the issue
I played college golf, and I got my son his first set of clubs when he was 2.5. He’s 4 and still uses that same set. We live on a golf course so it’s pretty easy for me, but I take him to the tee box behind our house and we hit 20-30 balls late in the day and on Mondays when the course is closed. We’re just now working on progressing our way down the hole with 1 ball, which takes a lot of patience. But I don’t push him and he’s just as interested in running up and down the fairways as he is hitting the ball.
I have zero plans for him beyond that. We’ll probably do some summer clinics when he’s 5-6 years old with other kids. If he likes it, I’ll consider lessons when he turns 8-9. The point is, worrying about that stuff with a 2 year old is pointless. Just get him started, let him have fun, and take it from there
Posted on 5/7/18 at 11:43 pm to lsupride87
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I would imagine golf is similar that it takes an early focus to become successful?
For the most part, all the young guys played other sports through middle school and some even played other sports in HS too.
shite Rickie Fowler was moto-crossing
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:24 am to lsupride87
If you want your kid to be a great golfer, have him play a winter sport for 3 to 4 months per year get in shape, get his mind off golf, etc. He should be playing a lot of sports when he is really young but narrow it down to a couple by the time he is eleven or twelve or so.
I've known guys who were top 5 in the world, regular tour players, struggling pros, mini tour lifers, high level amateurs, and whatever else - none of them actually only played golf until they were at least 11 or 12. Great athletes are great athletes, and golfers, especially now, are great athletes.
I've known guys who were top 5 in the world, regular tour players, struggling pros, mini tour lifers, high level amateurs, and whatever else - none of them actually only played golf until they were at least 11 or 12. Great athletes are great athletes, and golfers, especially now, are great athletes.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 7:29 am to lsupride87
Introduce him to the game as early as possible but let it be something fun that y'all do together. Don't start with any sort of formal instruction until 12-13 or so. Let him develop his own natural swing.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 8:20 am to lsupride87
As a previous tennis player turned golfer, I highly recommend he play tennis until about 10-12. Tennis will build all the necessary muscle groups for golf without having to really work at it (working out as a child is stupid). I played tennis and golf until going full golf at 13. I am a 0 handicap, played college golf, and competed at the highest level in junior/high school golf.
Also, at age 13 I told my dad to stop teaching me because he wasn't very good and I naturally wanted to be good. If you aren't a single digit or know a shite ton about the game, take him to a pro and let the pro establish the correct habits EARLY. I still fight some bad habits.
Also, at age 13 I told my dad to stop teaching me because he wasn't very good and I naturally wanted to be good. If you aren't a single digit or know a shite ton about the game, take him to a pro and let the pro establish the correct habits EARLY. I still fight some bad habits.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:04 pm to lsupride87
Try putting for 30 minutes with him.
Make a game of it.
If he want to play, he will ask.
No pressure.
Make a game of it.
If he want to play, he will ask.
No pressure.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:04 pm to lsupride87
Depends on coordination and free attention.
Get him keyboard lessons.
Can be done rain.or shine and demands concentration and a routine of practice.
You can start him.any age.
Pay an actual instructor two or three times a summer.
Golf may not be his friend.
You can make it a bonding time particularly at driving range.
I taught daughter tennis, piano and offered golf. Swam for leisure. She ended up a great swimmer, a terrific softball hitter. A very good soccer defender, and a bass guitarist. Who knew.
Get him keyboard lessons.
Can be done rain.or shine and demands concentration and a routine of practice.
You can start him.any age.
Pay an actual instructor two or three times a summer.
Golf may not be his friend.
You can make it a bonding time particularly at driving range.
I taught daughter tennis, piano and offered golf. Swam for leisure. She ended up a great swimmer, a terrific softball hitter. A very good soccer defender, and a bass guitarist. Who knew.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 4:55 pm to lsupride87
Couldn't make it on a PAC 10 team? If you never played Ojai....wasted your time.
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