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Introducing your child to Golf

Posted on 11th February, 2014

Well with the superb junior equipment available now from companies such as US Kids Clubs, from the age of four they can start using a “proper” club and a regular golf ball. But even under four years old they can be using a plastic ball and club – just to get them hitting a ball is good fun for them and they are learning some basic bat and ball skills.

Dukes Meadows Golf & Tennis in West London is a fantastic place to get your child going, we offer comprehensive junior coaching programmes and individual lessons progressing from the driving range onto the academy course and then finally to the 9 hole course.

The first priority must always be safety and there needs to be strict rules in place for where to swing and stand whilst hitting or watching others hit.

For 4-6 year olds the best way to have some coaching is to share a lesson with mum or dad as at that age a 30 minute lesson on their own is often a bit too long to keep their attention, although this does vary, some children concentrate better and for longer periods than others, I’ve taught some 4 year olds who are great for half an hour and have lessons on a regular basis.

Its very important to make it fun for them, that’s when they will tend to learn the most . I do feel that even at a young age they can learn a little routine to get a consistent stance and grip but try to keep the instruction task driven ie. “try to hit the ball in a certain direction” and less on trying to get them to move in a certain way.

Dukes Meadows run excellent junior group sessions which include the programmes conducted at the weekends and after school during term time and the day camps taking place in school holidays. For the very serious junior golfer there is also an elite academy, whose players have been achieving superb results at the very top level of junior competition around the world.

I’ve been coaching long enough to see some of the juniors that I’ve coached grow into really quite good players, joining other clubs and playing in competitions and one of my biggest satisfactions is when they return to me for their lessons and to hear how well they are doing.

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