If you're a golfer, regardless of your ability level, you know what a great game it is. Not only does the game challenge you every time out, but you keep playing because you know you can constantly improve.
There is a handicapping system which lets you be as competitive as you want to be, or you can play just for the fun of it, competing only with yourself. It focuses you, letting you put work, school, and personal issues in the back of your mind for a while.
Then there is the beauty of the golf course, the ability to be enjoying the great outdoors without the four hour drive to the country, and the fact that golf is a game you can play and enjoy for the rest of your life.
No wonder then, that parents who have learned to appreciate golf want to help their kids do the same.
At first, though, golf can be frustrating. Even a good athlete is apt to miss the ball on his or her first swing - and that dimpled sucker is just sitting there on a tee, almost laughing at you! So one way or another, we all have to learn how to play this game.
For kids, there are two approaches you can take. Individual instruction with a PGA professional may be the best approach. For many, though, group instruction makes more sense. Junior golf camps are often best for young people learning the game of golf.
Junior golf camps, when run properly, offer relatively inexpensive golf instruction with advantages including:
- Fun - a good instructor will introduce golf concepts to the group with stories, examples, and the opportunity for everyone to make mistakes together. You will laugh with each other, not at each other
- Competition - simple things like chipping for accuracy, putting contests and the like
- Practice Time - Camp sessions last several hours, giving people time to work on what they are learning; individual instruction by the half hour relies on the student practicing on his/her own
- Etiquette - The pro will introduce etiquette concepts gradually throughout a camp session
- Completeness - A camp over several weeks can focus on driving, iron play, chipping, putting, strategy, etc.
- Rules
There are all kinds of formats for Junior Golf Camps. The easiest take place over a 4-6 week period, then you can take a break or sign up for another session. Kids are grouped by ability to keep it fun and keep the pressure low. Of course there are more intense camps, sleep away full week camps, etc.
But if you are wanting the best shot at getting your son or daughter to learn and love the game, the lower pressure approach of a local camp, a few hours per week for a month or so, is going to be easy for them to enjoy.
In northern Virginia, check out Wakabal for a great Junior Golf Camp program - affordable with lots of satisfied parents and kids. Elsewhere in the country, check Google and you'll find pros who really enjoy teaching kids.
Most kids are never going to be golf pros - why pressure them? Try Junior Golf Camps, and see if they don't start to develop the same love of the game that you have. Soon you will be enjoying the time they want to spend on the golf course - with you!
Tom O'Dea is the President of WSI Bottom Line, an Internet Marketing company based in northern Virginia. He specializes in helping small to mid-size companies leverage the power of the Internet by tailoring the right combination of social media, search engine optimization, paid advertising, web design and content to enable each client to reach their target market.
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