Junior golf “no-no’s!

Parents!

Is your kid a jr golfer between the ages of 2 and 8 and excited about the game?

Here’s a few questions for you…
-Do you have them practicing with a pro on how to play the game?
-Are they using modifed clubs that used to be yours?
-Do you have them focusing on Golf for the most part?

Listen up, because we think you may be screwing your child’s ability and potential to become the best golfer they can be!

And no matter what the instructor says, until they are at least 8 for boys and 9 for girls, they shouldn’t be swinging a club!
Instead, they need to be focusing on the “fundamentals of movement!”

What is that you ask?

Simple…

It’s all about play! PERIOD!

Remember how you used to play when you were a child? We got kicked out of the house and came only when we heard a “whistle!”

Am I right?

During that entire day we swam, climbed trees, built things, dug, kicked different kinds of balls, threw rocks and balls, walked on slippery rocks and through creeks, balanced on fallen trees, pulled, pushed, wrestled, crawled “army” style, hung from tree limbs and monkey bars, and just played.

Well guess what? As certified TPI (Tilteist Performance Institute, www.mytpi.com) professionals, we believe that this is how you create a foundation for great athletes! It is based on decades of research from countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand (see www.ltad.ca).

Course we all know that great athletes make great golfers, so how can you be putting your young golfer into golf exclusively at such a young age?

Here’s what you should do..
-let them play, take them to martial arts and gymnastics and swimming, and dance lessons!
-let them play multiple sports, up to 3 till the age of 12!
-Kick them out of the house to go play outside!

In the end, all of these suggestions will create strong “fundamental movement skills,” and once those are developed, then you can begin teaching them “fundamental sports skills” like golf.
But please don’t limit your childs ability to become “physically literate!” If you were to do this with school your child would be considered “educationally il-literate.”

It works the exact same for physical “education” as well…so please don’t raise a physically il-literate child…we don’t need any more than we already have!