How to teach Junior Golf

How do you teach Junior Golf as Golf has become more popular with kids today than at any other time in the history of golf. Many parents teach their children how to swing a golf club as soon as they can walk. With a lot of patience, you can teach your kids to play golf. Take your children to the local driving range and rent a large bucket of balls and have everyone bring their clubs

The best place to start is on the practise fairway, I know they want to go out there ans smash a driver, but really start them out with a 7 iron and lets get the Basic fundamental right from the start, lets work on Grip, stance,swing and posture.
JUNIOR GOLF LESSONS

GRIP

To get the perfect golf grip just, follow the 5 simple steps listed below:

1. With the golf head down, grip using only the last three fingers and the pad of your left hand. Grasp with your left hand and adjust the club so the grip is in your fingers, not your palm.

2. Make sure your left hand’s thumb is straight down. The point where your thumb meets your hand should be near the top of club.

3. Next, grip with the fingers of your right hand. Note the small vertical crease in your right palm near the wrist. Overlap the creases of your hands.

4. Grab the pinky of your right hand with the index finger of your left. Note the index finger and thumb of right hand. You should see a ‘V’ where they meet. That vertex (the point where they meet) should point to your right shoulder.

5. Make sure your right thumb is not running straight down the club but instead is pointed slightly toward your right shoulder.

This is the basic overlapping grip. If your child is very young and can’t overlap, they can try the interlocking grip, where the right little finger and the left index finger interlock to keep the hands together (Tiger Wood does this), this is for the right handed player.

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Alignment
At address your body (feet, knees, hips, forearms, shoulders and eyes) should be positioned parallel to the target line. When viewed from behind, a right-handed golfer will appear aimed slightly left of the target. This optical illusion is created because the ball is on the target line and the body is not.

The easiest way to conceptualize this is the image of a railroad track. The body is on the inside rail and the ball is on the outside rail. For right-handers, at 100 yards your body will appear aligned approximately 3 to 5 yards left, at 150 yards approximately 8 to 10 yards left and at 200 yards 12 to 15 yards left.
DRILLS

Chip With Eyes Closed Drill:
Just like it sounds. Hit chip shots at the driving range with your eyes closed, making your best effort to achieve contact. This helps you child develop feel and awareness.

Right Heel Up Drill:
This is a good one for beginners or those who have trouble getting the ball up in the air. Take your normal stance, then bring the right heel of your foot up so that the toe is touching the ground. Hit some balls like this (starting with chip shots) and make sure the heel stays up the entire time (backswing, downswing, and follow through). This helps the golfer hit the ball on a descending blow as it puts the body in a position that makes ‘hitting down on the ball’ easier. It also discourages the ’scoop’ at the ball and promotes good lag.

Pull Your Arms Drill:
This is one of my favorites and you don’t even use a club. Take your normal stance and pretend the club is in your left hand. Grab your left elbow with your right hand and pull your arm back so that it is parallel to the ground, parallel to your body line and parallel to the target line, keeping the right elbow close to the body. Stop. This is what I consider to be the ideal position at this point of the full swing. If you remove your hand from your elbow and take your normal grip as the arm is parallel to the ground, you will be in the correct position. Make sure that the majority of your body weight is on the right side. Try the opposite for the ‘release’. Grab the right elbow with the left hand, (pretending that the club is in the right hand) and pull the right arm forward. Again, when it is parallel to the ground it should also be parallel with the body line and target line and if you were to take your right hand off the left elbow and put it in the ‘virtual grip’, you would again be in a great position, fully released down the target line with the majority of body weight on the left side. This drill teaches the proper take-away, and the proper release of the golf club. Straight back, Straight Through.

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