Too young for lessons?

Dammo

Hi

Maybe this has been discussed before but I'm new here. Apologies if it has.

My mother bought my 7 yr old son a junior set so I bring him to the range now and again. He seems really keen (at the moment at least).

My question is - is he too young to get him proper lessons so that he learns properly right from the outset, or should I just let him do it his own way and hit away. I don't want to take any of the fun out of it for him and I certainly don't want to be a 'sports dad' who wants to live his life through his son.

Any thoughts?

soundsham

give him the correct grip and let the rest alone for a while,

Par72

Dammo wrote: »

Hi

Maybe this has been discussed before but I'm new here. Apologies if it has.

My mother bought my 7 yr old son a junior set so I bring him to the range now and again. He seems really keen (at the moment at least).

My question is - is he too young to get him proper lessons so that he learns properly right from the outset, or should I just let him do it his own way and hit away. I don't want to take any of the fun out of it for him and I certainly don't want to be a 'sports dad' who wants to live his life through his son.

Any thoughts?

I definitely don't think it is too young. It would give him a great head start. It would be very important to find the right pro though. Hopefully someone with kids will be able to recommend a pro.

jampotjim

Dammo wrote: »

Hi

Maybe this has been discussed before but I'm new here. Apologies if it has.

My mother bought my 7 yr old son a junior set so I bring him to the range now and again. He seems really keen (at the moment at least).

My question is - is he too young to get him proper lessons so that he learns properly right from the outset, or should I just let him do it his own way and hit away. I don't want to take any of the fun out of it for him and I certainly don't want to be a 'sports dad' who wants to live his life through his son.

Any thoughts?

I think it would be great to get him a few short lessons (30mins max each) to get him the right fundementals etc from the start as once he has these then he will have them for life rather than trying to fix everything if he takes it up later in life..

Never too young to start learning in golf

Dolph Starbeam

Never too young, my nephew has just started, we bought him a junior size driver, 7 iron and putter. Me and my brother brought him out for a coupele holes last week and after the 1st hole we played a par he asked how many holes had we played haha. We just showed him the grip and gave him a rough idea, i wouldn't think of any lessons though at this stage.

Johnny_Fontane

When I was growing up there were free lessons organised by my club for junior golfers. We used to show up on a tuesday afternoon in the summer. I'm sure that 20 years later there is a much better set up for junior golfers.

I would think 7 is way too young for lessons -

Rowley Birkin QC

If he is playing hurling aswell make sure that he differentiates between the grips.

I played hurling throughout my youth and now cannot shake the grip when picking up the golf clubs. Not really affecting me at the level I'm playing at but if I try to step it up a notch I know I will be compromised.

Jeffm587

Elmgreen have kids golf summer camps and Im sure some of the kids are around that age bracket, also I think Fingal driving range have a group kids thing on a fri evening, not sure if you Dublin based though so maybe a check around the local ranges for something similar.

Dolph Starbeam

Most juniors can join a club when they are 10 years old or so and the club provides lessons. Thats the way it was in my club anyways.

Dammo

Pro at my club reckons I should bring him along if I'm going to have a lesson myself and he'll give him 10 mins on the basics of grip and balance and that should do him. Sounds fair enough. Might learn something myself!!

Thanks for all the input.