This podcast and community is dedicated to junior golf helping golf parents, players and coaches through the fun yet complex journey you and your junior golfer will experience. We dive deep into the real stories golfers go through and as a community answering the long list of questions we all have! We learn from the most experienced golf parents, top coaches, players and child development experts on how to help groom your junior golfer to their best potential!
Episodes
Monday Oct 24, 2022
How to Create a Junior Golfer
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Matt Reagan and Ryan Dailey are the Co-Founders of Operation 36 and their coaching program has taken storm across the world introducing golf in a whole new way! The Operation 36 model is the most effective road-map for beginner golfers to have fun becoming a skilled golfer. Their new book, How to Create a Junior Golfer, is a must buy for parents of junior golfers. In this episode we discuss How to Create a Junior Golfer, making it a true, lifelong sport for you and your family!
Show Links:
- Purchase "How to Create a Junior Golfer"
- Operation 36 Developmental Golf Program
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Episode 100!
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Episode 100! This is a bit of review of how this all started and some great quotes from guests for us all to live by! Thank you so much for tuning in over the last two years!
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Motor Skills
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
This episode is about research and findings from Gabriele Wulf's book Attention and Motor Skill Learning and how this backs up the idea of teaching lightly in some of the research provided in this episode. It also talks about how too much attention to ones movement can effect performance in a negative way. You will really like this episode and I know you will be able to take away things to help your junior golfer out!
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Fighting Perfectionism
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Have you seen your junior golfer regularly upset during or after a round of golf? They only have two options, perfect or failure when it comes to their own feedback? In this episode I am going to talk about some ideas I have to help in this area for all of us, juniors, parents and coaches.
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Keeping it Fresh
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
We want golf to continue to be exciting and fun for junior golfers. The more ideas and variability we can add to their practices, play and overall experience the longer we can keep them engaged in the game!
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Words of Encouragement
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
What we say has a big impact on children's development and for junior golf, it is the same! In this episode I am going to talk about some phrases I like to use when speaking to junior golfers to continue to encourage them along this fun journey.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Teach Lightly
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
How to educate and teach children is a delicate art and teaching them golf is the same. In this episode I talk about the importance of teaching lightly to children so that they stay interested, engaged, develop and stick with the game for a lifetime!
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Creating Creative People
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Wonder what Legos and golf have in common? This episode is going to talking about taking the right steps to boost the creativity out of your junior golfer!
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Summer is Here!
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
It is that time of year to get your golf on this summer! We hope you have golf plans throughout the summer and make the best of your time out of school!
Monday May 30, 2022
Fundamentals of Golf
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
In this episode, Travis Howser talks about what the true fundamentals of golf really should be!