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Juvenile Members in GC - How welcome are they?
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23-03-2012 4:53pm#1
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Redzah will you listen to yourself, constantly getting digs in about grumps ...... you're starting to sound like one.
As for Juveniles, they are vital if a club is to have a future and I would always encourage young players to spend more time at the golf club. I would point out that the real issue is not about rules and juveniles, it should be about thanking the committee members who give up their free time to organise and work with the Juvenile sections of the clubs. Without these people, the Juvenile sections would simply not exist and theres no doubt that its a thankless job these days as some parents see it as free babysitting.
Finally, for me the most important thing to teach juveniles is respect ..... respect for the game, the rules, the club, the members and respect for themselves. It is the key to a long and happy golfing life, I am now a senior BUT I still give and demand respect from all golfers..... it costs nothing to be polite and say hello as opposed to grunting and shoving past someone as if they are a lesser human.0 -
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Some interesting stuff in the attachment including:
"The key to this process is attracting and retaining juniors who see golf as a sport and who are interested in participating in teams and playing representative golf. In this regard juniors should be actively encouraged to
participate in club competitions once they achieve the necessary handicap qualification. Ability, not age, should be the criteria."
I dont think you can take just ability on its own though.
IMHO you need a certain level of experience and maturity to be allowed to wander around the golf course without any supervision.
We have lots of Juvenile coaching sessions at my club and how they dont kill each other I have no idea. Walking in front of each other on the range, swinging clubs wildly in the middle of a crowd...firing clubs after a bad shot, its mental out there sometimes. That said, its usually the guys and not the girls who are at this.
Maybe the problem is young male drivers again
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I dont think you can take just ability on its own though.
IMHO you need a certain level of experience and maturity to be allowed to wander around the golf course without any supervision.
We have lots of Juvenile coaching sessions at my club and how they dont kill each other I have no idea. Walking in front of each other on the range, swinging clubs wildly in the middle of a crowd...firing clubs after a bad shot, its mental out there sometimes. That said, its usually the guys and not the girls who are at this.
Maybe the problem is young male drivers again
Ya, i understand what you're saying Greebo but I think there's a number of reasons in favour of ability being important;
1. Helps the juvenille further progress his game through competeing with adults.
2. A Juvenille who plays at a high level is more likely to know the rules and etiquette that needs to be demonstated (i'm just an exception to the rule
) and thus would not piss off the older members when playing with them
3. A juvenille who plays at a high level is likely not to cause slow play by hitting it all over the shop and thus piss off older members.
4. A juvenille who plays at a high level is likely to be pushing for a place on the club teams and thus playing regularly with other team members in an adult environment will help with familiarity when it comes to matchday.
In relation to the juvenille training sessions at your club, this would prob be common in most clubs but they're young, its a learning curve so they should be cut a bit of slack, we're irish not german and that's a good thing.0 -
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