I'm so pumped...taking my 5 yr old and 7 yr old out to the Par-3 tomorrow morning for the 1st time (for them that is)...they have their bags/clubs all ready to go...
Anything you guys have done to make it extra enjoyable for all? Feel free to chime in with some ideas of what's worked for you and hasn't worked...
My daughter is the older one and very competitive and gets frustrated easily so I don't want to lose her mentally...my son will get upset too, but he keeps on whacking the ball and makes the funniest comments like..."wow, I really whacked that one Dad..."
Don't overteach.....Just let them have fun and they will want to come back. If you make it more like a job or class they will not want to come back. If it takes them 20 on a hole big deal. Have fun.
My boys, roughly the same age as your kids, get a bit frustrated with having to use irons in the fairway. So after a hole or two, we end up playing best-ball. Taking the frustration away makes it more fun for everyone, including the group behind you waiting for your kids to take their 14th stroke and not yet on the green.
I've given them some basic instructions on how to setup and basic swing techniques. What they do with it is up to them. I don't offer any advice unless they specifically ask.
I hope you enjoy going out as much as my family usually does.
I'm hoping too as well, what's wild for me is I never thought I'd wind up getting married, kind of the party type all my life, met her/married her...the house/kids deal...and here I am...going to take my two kids out to play the game that I love...pretty awesome experience for me...
I tell ya, this is gonna be as much a blast for me as them...we're going to arrive there as soon as they open so we can get some holes in before anyone else arrives (hopefully)...and take the pressure off of worrying about keeping a good pace...we'll see what happens and like you say, adjust to how it goes...
As said in the previous post just have fun and do not try to over teach. You are hopefully starting something that can be life long fun for all of you enjoy the day and let us know how it goes.
I think it's because you care too much sometimes...at least that's how I feel about it..when we go to the range I let them do their thing and always first things first is safetly, if they don't listen it's to the chair and watch for a while...no going out to get the balls that dribble off the tee and no movement behind someone that's about to swing...
I think those are my major concerns, safety, safety...
Every time my Grand Daughter comes to the house she always want to play golf with her Pops(she will be 5 in Nov.). I bought here a plastic set of clubs but now she wants to hit my. So I am looking forward to the day that she can go out on the course with me and enjoy a day of golf that will be a proud moment.
Just thinking about it ...my concern is one hitting a good shot and wanting to run off towards it with their bag and only to be in the way of being hit...
How do you guys recommend I work them on this? I don't want to be a sargeant out there but was thinking of telling them "you listen to me, and only go when I say you can go towards your ball and get ready to hit on when I tell you...
I don't want it to be a circus where they haphazardly hit and are in danger without me guiding them...
June 10th, 2005, 03:02 PM
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