Golf Instruction

Full Golf Swing for Kids is one in a series of videos by PGA member Jay Golden geared toward teaching the full golf swing to young golfers. The aspect that distinguishes this program from other kid-oriented golf programs is that it targets the parents rather than the kids themselves. Many of us simply can’t afford to send our kids to private golf lessons.

What we do have is our own golf skills. All we need is the tools necessary to impart that knowledge to our children. The aspect that deals with helping children to like golf is particularly helpful. Golden stresses that in the beginning it’s more important than anything else to make sure that the child is comfortable. Forcing proper but uncomfortable technique has a far more negative effect than a positive one.

After years of internal struggle and minimal improvement in my game, I finally gave in and paid for private golf lessons. The turning point came when I went golfing with a friend with whom I hadn’t golfed with in years. At the end of the 18 holes he half-jokingly told me that I had the same game as I had the last time we golfed. What’s worse is that I realized he was right.

So, I went to my local golf pro, paid for private golf lessons and quickly found that I had been “practicing” and “improving” a fundamentally wrong golf swing. Through his private golf lessons, I’ve shown more improvement in the last month, than I’ve shown over the last year.