Summer has arrived. Who wouldn't want to be outside enjoying it all, with the sun shining brightly and the grass growing greener by the day? Summer activities include biking, swimming, soccer, and baseball. But have you considered playing a round of golf? It's yet another enjoyable way to get out and about with your children.


To begin playing golf, you don't need to go to a course or spend a lot of money. One good sport has an impact on another.


Your children will benefit from the skills they gain while playing golf in other sports. Swinging a golf club, according to teacher Greg Labelle, helps with the hand-eye coordination required for hockey because the golf ball swing is similar to a slap shot. In addition, golf's side-to-side mobility aids basketball and vice versa.



In your backyard, you can 'putter' around.


Erika Larkin, a teacher, comments, ``There's golf, and then there arere golf activities, and the latter is never too early." She suggests starting your children as young as one or two years old by rolling tennis balls through hula hoops.


Older children's games teacher


Jason Guss utilizes two long poles called alignment sticks (but anything as simple as green bamboo garden planting sticks would suffice) to create three games that teach basic golf basics to older children. You could always start them off in the backyard or on a soccer field, depending on how far they can hit the ball. (Of course, when no one is playing soccer!)


The first game


Place the poles about six feet apart in the ground to form a wide 'goal,' then take 10 steps back. Encourage your children to use a driver to try to strike the ball into the goal (the club with the biggest head). "This makes it easier for them to aim and hit straight.


Second game


Place the 'goal posts' at an angle in the ground so that they stretch out and contact each other, forming a triangle. Get your students to go back six feet and hit short, lofted shots — 'chip' shots — through the triangle using a wedge (the club with the most inclined head). This teaches students how to hit balls onto a green with low, short-swing strokes. It's tough, but also enjoyable!


Three-game series


Place the alignment sticks in a track about four inches across on a practice green (or a level area of grass). Put the ball down the centre of the track with a putter. This teaches children how to hit the ball in the desired direction.


Criticism should not be used to stifle excitement.


Children learn by doing, according to John Elliott Jr. So let them go out there and whack the ball while making mistakes. Don't be concerned with what they're doing incorrectly; instead, assist them in improving what they're doing correctly. It takes a toll on a person if they are subjected to too much criticism.


Pro Scott Davenport agrees, adding that tiny children will often do things they shouldn't, such as hold their club's cross-handed and shuffle their feet in their stance, but Davenport advises allowing them to do so. Their immature bodies are correcting for leverage and balance; these modifications will eventually be outgrown.


Allow your children to be enthusiastic about what they're doing, even if it means they're constantly lifting their heads to watch where the ball is going. Because kids don't get serious about golf until they're in their teens, make it more about fun than technique.


Choosing the Best Clubs


Even the smallest players have a wide range of possibilities these days. When you buy used clubs, you don't have to buy brand new ones.


Joyce Wilcox, on the other hand, has some advice for you. Swinging to a bigger club is more difficult, and this is supposed to be about having fun! So go for the shorter and lighter option.


And how can you tell if a club isn't suited for you? "Have your youngster strike the right swing poses, such as halfway back, halfway up, halfway down, and so on. The club is excessively hefty and lengthy if he or she can't hold these stances."


Before they can do it, children must first comprehend and think about it. You must learn to be patient as a parent or adult walking a youngster along the course and explaining how to play a game in childlike terms. Rather than using sophisticated vocabulary that is accurate to the game of golf, alter it up for something they can comprehend, based on their age.