Learn to Play continues mastery of movement skills and introduces golf specific skills
- Continued development and mastery of fundamental skills. Add more advanced skills.
- Skill acquisition is 70% of this phase.
- Monthly screening for Fundamental and Sports Skills to track progress.
- Promote endurance and speed with fast moving games.
- Weight and length of golf clubs still critical.
- 30% of activities use body weight, medicine balls, and swiss balls to develop stability.
- Dynamic warm-ups for mobility.
- 9 holes of fun, on-course activities each week.
- Minimum of 2 sessions a week at 90 minutes each.
- Golf shots, green reading, face alignment, course management and score keeping introduced and practiced.
- 30% competition : 70% training.
- Limit child to two to three sports.
- Males 8-11 years old, females 9-12 years old.
Train to Play is the critical phase of learning golf skills.
- Children are physically literate and excel FMS and FSS
- Growth spurts happen here.
- Focus on speed, power and strength and leverage the second speed window.
- Fitness is 40% of the training. Includes body prep, mobility, stability and strength, cardiovascular conditioning and recovery activities.
- Play 36-54 holes each week and practice 2-3 times a week.
- Practice golf skills 20-40 hour each week including playing time.
- Custom fit clubs are appropriate.
- Competition 60% : training 40%.
- Have a USGA handicap and play 6000 or more yard courses.
- 10-12 competitions per year.
- Know the rules, and have good control of their own game.
- Limit other sports to two.
- 12-16 years old for males, and 11-15 for females.