{"id":575,"date":"2009-10-12T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2020-06-06T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T15:45:06","slug":"teaching-golf-to-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/teaching-golf-to-next-generation.html","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Golf to the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6444\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Annual_Junior_Golf_Clinic_120613-F-ST721-275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6444\" src=\"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Annual_Junior_Golf_Clinic_120613-F-ST721-275-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"It's on us to teach golf to youngsters...\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Annual_Junior_Golf_Clinic_120613-F-ST721-275-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Annual_Junior_Golf_Clinic_120613-F-ST721-275-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Annual_Junior_Golf_Clinic_120613-F-ST721-275-600x939.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching golf shouldn&#8217;t only be about scoring low&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but I hate that guy who lives vicariously through his kid. You know the guy\u2026he\u2019s relentlessly pushing his kid to do something that he never did or never could do back when he had his chance. He played baseball in high school so his kid has no choice but to play also. And not just play, but play better than he did. The kid could throw a two-hit shutout and strike out fifteen batters, but all his father can say to him is, &#8220;What happened? How did you give up those two hits?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the type of parent who is convinced that his son, if pushed hard enough, is the second coming of Cy Young. He&#8217;s the type of guy who helps you to understand why there are fights between little league coaches and parents. You just want to say to him &#8220;Hey buddy, you\u2019re kid\u2019s not the next Ted Williams. But he\u2019s going to be the next Ted Bundy if you don\u2019t let up on him a little!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Being a big sports fan myself, I was excited when my boys started showing interest in competitive sports. We started with basketball, moved on to football, they both seemed to have ignored baseball for some reason, and are now back to basketball, at which they both seem to excel. I don\u2019t push them hard and I don\u2019t expect perfection. But I do expect them to try hard, listen to their coaches and show good sportsmanship. I keep in mind they are kids, and I let them be kids. And now my oldest (11 years) has shown an interest in golf.<\/p>\n<p>For most of my life I lived within a couple minutes of a golf course, but I was never very interested in the game. It may have been because my father didn\u2019t play. It may have been because I was interested in faster-paced, contact sports and golf was just too slow. Whatever the reason, golf just didn\u2019t interest me. It wasn\u2019t until I was in my mid- to late-twenties that my golf-playing buddies finally convinced me to give the game a chance, and I\u2019m glad they did. I only wish I had started sooner. So a few months before his eleventh birthday, my oldest son was telling friends and family he wanted money in lieu of presents. He was planning on using the money to purchase his own set of golf clubs\u2026.which he did late in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bit too late in the golf season here in the northeast to give him enough practice time to get him out on a course right away. But that didn\u2019t deter my excitement, or his. We have spent plenty of time just working on his swing. We\u2019ve spent a good amount of time at the local driving range. I\u2019m sure by now he\u2019s sick of hearing me tell him everything he\u2019s doing wrong. But I try to explain to him there are so many things involved in a swing that so many things can go wrong. He gets frustrated because he is pretty athletic and he expects to get it right. But at the same time, he understands that it takes a lot of practice. I\u2019m proud of him because, at this age, I know how I would have reacted at this point \u2013 I would have dropped the clubs and picked up a basketball. But to his credit, he hasn\u2019t done that. He\u2019s trying and he\u2019s trying hard.<\/p>\n<p>With the off-season just about upon us, I\u2019m hoping to keep his interest throughout until the spring comes around again. There\u2019s a pretty nice indoor facility where my buddies and I will head a couple times throughout the winter. I\u2019m looking forward to taking him there and he\u2019s looking forward to going. Granted, I had to mention the several golf simulators in the facility\u2026but like I said, I want him to hold interest until the spring. If it takes a giant video game to help do that, then so be it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad to see him starting early. I\u2019m glad to see him trying hard. But most of all, I\u2019m glad that he\u2019s showing the interest to begin with. I\u2019m happy to watch him hit a perfectly straight shot, and even happier to see his smile afterward. And in a strange way, I\u2019m glad to see his reaction when he screws up his next one. It tells me that he\u2019s taking it seriously and he\u2019s serious about getting it right.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019ll tell you one thing I\u2019m not too happy about\u2026at this early start, one day soon he\u2019s going kick my butt up and down the fairway. Then maybe I\u2019ll wish he stuck to the other sports!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but I hate that guy who lives vicariously through his kid. You know the guy\u2026he\u2019s relentlessly pushing his kid to do something that he never did or never could do back when he had his chance. 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