DO’s

• Seek out a qualified PGA Professional to teach your child the fundamentals, if not they will struggle and become frustrated.
• Provide opportunities to get to the golf course or driving range to play or practice. Make sure they want to go, do not force them.
• Provide some backyard fun when you can’t get to the course. Let them chip or pitch with a short flight, safe ball. 
• Make sure that they have equipment that fits and is made for Juniors. The wrong clubs will ruin their golf swing.
• Let them swing away. We can teach control later, let them hit the ball as far as they can.
• Spend lots of time on and around the practice green. All good players learned to score by becoming proficient at putting and chipping.
• Praise the good shots, forget the bad ones. Positive reinforcement works best.
• Be tough on cheating, poor sportsmanship, bad tempers, and slow play.
• Help them be target oriented, get them to whack it at the ball picker, flag, target green, tree, whatever it is that makes it fun to aim properly.
• Stay involved, be supportive and encouraging in all their endeavors. De-emphasize winning.
• Keep it fun! If they are not having fun, stop, leave the course and come back another day.
  

DON’TS

• Be a coach. Kids get turned off by too much information. Reinforce the fundamentals, but let them find their own, natural swing motion.
• Put pressure on your child to win or improve.
• Show negative emotions/disappointment.
• Think of money as an investment with a tangible return.
• Get too excited if your child wins/loses.
• Let it be work. Golf should be pure, unadulterated play time.