Teaching Kids to Play Golf

Teaching Kids to Play Golf

Full Golf Swing for Kids

Full Golf Swing for Kids

Golf Chipping for Kids

Golf Chipping for Kids

Fun Golf Drills for Kids

Fun Golf Drills for Kids

Golf Putting for Kids

Golf Putting for Kids

Golf Rules for Kids

Golf Rules for Kids

Golf Manners for Kids

Golf Manners for Kids

Golf Safety for Kids

Golf Safety for Kids

Teaching Kids to Play Golf

Teaching Kids to Play Golf

How to Correct Common Golf Mistakes

How to Correct Common Golf Mistakes

Correcting Common Chip Shot Mistakes

Correcting Common Chip Shot Mistakes

Improving Your Golf Long Game

Improving Your Golf Long Game

Long Game Tips – Golf Grip, Stance and Posture

Long Game Tips – Golf Grip, Stance and Posture

Long Game Tips – Golf Club Face Awareness

Long Game Tips – Golf Club Face Awareness

Long Game Tips – Golf Mechanics for Consistent Power

Long Game Tips – Golf Mechanics for Consistent Power

Long Game Tips – Increasing Golf Club Head Speed and Distance

Long Game Tips – Increasing Golf Club Head Speed and Distance

Long Game Tips – Golf Irons, Fairway Woods and Hybrids

Long Game Tips – Golf Irons, Fairway Woods and Hybrids

Long Game Tips – Golf Club Fitting

Long Game Tips – Golf Club Fitting

How to Correct Common Golf Mistakes

How to Correct Common Golf Mistakes

Golf Mistakes - Slicing the Ball

Golf Mistakes - Slicing the Ball

Golf Mistakes - Wrong Grip

Golf Mistakes - Wrong Grip

Golf Mistakes - Unable to Hit a Lob Shot

Golf Mistakes - Unable to Hit a Lob Shot

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Jay Golden

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Jay Golden has been a PGA Member since 1982 and was selected for the PGA National Teaching Committee in 1988. He has taught golfers of all levels ranging from stark beginners to professionals on the PGA and LPGA Tours. He has written hundreds of instruction articles and a book with the all-time winning golfer of official tour events, Kathy Whitworth, entitled “Kathy Whitworth’s Little Book of Golf Wisdom.” He has also made numerous appearances on TV, has lectured on the topic of “How To Teach Golf” to PGA Members, and is an accomplished golfer and long driver.

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Golf Putting for Kids

Golf Expert Jay Golden demonstrates putting for kids.

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Jay Golden: Hi! I am PGA member, Jay Golden and the purpose of this series is to teach parents how to get their children to enjoy golf, to play their whole life and to love it. Right now, I am going to talk about putting in this segment. I am going to start out with something that I call the pendulum stroke.

This is true with every shot in golf. A great way to learn how to do it with your natural movements is just by swinging it back and forth without stopping. This might sound too simple, but you see pros do it on the tour before they putt. You could do it smaller for shorter putting, bigger for longer putting. Pendulum putting, back and forth, back and forth. The more you do this, the more natural it would become and the better putter you will become.

Parents, a great way to get your children to improve the direction in their putting is to have them putt to a couch leg, chair leg, bench leg. That will give them an idea where they want to hit the ball, how to aim and the direction that, that ball is going to travel. Additionally, when they are on the golf course on a straight putt, if they visualize that leg in the middle of the hole or on breaking putts, visualize that leg to the left or to the right of the hole and then putt to the leg, they are going to significantly improve their putting.

Mummy, Daddy, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Aunt, you want a little one to get the feeling of getting a ball in a hole from different angles? Put balls around the hole, five to ten of them, and without taking too much time, putt one in. The next, the next, the next. Believe me from 6 inches away, for a young child, it is not too easy. In fact, it is not easy at all. Make ten putts in a row, put them around the hole and they are going to improve their putting and get a feel for making putts.

A great way for a child to learn distance is what I call, putt to the baby. We have a doll on the putting green and in general, if it really was a baby, you don't want to hit that ball so hard that you are going to hurt the baby. You don't want to hit it so short, that the baby has to crawl and get the ball. So if you can hit the ball nicely to the baby, roll the ball to the baby, a child will improve their distance for long putting. Well, that wraps up our tips on putting. The next segment, golf rules.

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Health Food - Easy Bread for Kids

Health Food - Fun Worm Salad for Kids

Health Food - Fun Worm Salad for Kids

Health Food - Sweet Potato Fries for Kids

Health Food - Sweet Potato Fries for Kids

Health Food - Lemon Ice for Kids

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Health Food - Crispy Kale for Kids

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Fitness for Kids - Warm Up Routine

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Fitness for Kids - Jumping Rope

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Fitness for Kids - Hopping Exercises

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