Teaching Beginning Golf

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Teaching Beginning Golf

• Dr. Scott Colclough
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Dr. Mike Hall
• University of North Alabama
• Stuart Currie, ABD
• Middle Tennessee State University

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Introduction

• Teaching Cues
• Sources of equipment
• Resources references

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Safety

• Equipment
• Clubs should be in satisfactory working order.
• Check club head, shafts, grips.
• Proper attire clothing and footwear.
• Weather 1st sign of thunder and lightning remove
  players from course. Seek shelter

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Range Visits

• Try and limit numbers
• Space Side and behind
• Make sure players are level or slightly behind
  one another
• Everybody hits in the same direction
• Retrieve balls only under Coachs instruction.

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Golf Terms

• Par
• Defined The number of strokes it should take to
  complete the hole.
• How do you come up with par 2 putts on every
  green, yardage, and hazards
• Average par for 18 holes72 (36 putts 18x2)

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Golf Terms

• Scoring
• Ace Hole in one
• Eagle 2 strokes under par
• Birdie 1 stroke under par
• Par Score a very good player would expect to
  make on a hole
• Bogey 1 stroke over par (good for the average
  golfer)
• Double Bogey 2 strokes over par

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Putting (½ the game)

• Dave Pelz
• 80 of the strokes golfers lose to par are
  determined by their play within 100 yards of the
  green.

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Putting

• Grip Palms on opposing sides, thumbs down
  shaft,(r-handers)slide right hand down place
  left index finger over right pinkie or extend
  your left finger index finger over the fingers of
  your right hand.
• Stance Feet shoulder width apart, eyes over
  ball, blade of club square to putt line
• Wrist Take the wrists out of play
• Rhythm Tempo Tic-Toc, same speed for all
  putts, everyone is different find your tempo
• Pace Get it close, think of the hole as being
  3-foot in diameter rather than 4.25 inches!

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Coaching at the RangeWhere do I start??

• Organization
• Safety
• What is the ball doing? fading/slicing,
  drawing/hooking, topping/fatting
• What is the club doing? Shut/open
• What is the body doing? Reverse pivoting,
  swaying, under/over rotation.

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How to correct and What to Check??

• Observation Side and behind
• Demonstration You show
• Instruction Minimal, key points
• Check Grip, stance, posture, alignment,
  backswing, impact, follow through, finish.

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How to Grip the club (irons woods)

• Grips
• Target Hand -Top View
• V point to the rear ear
• Two knuckles visible (top hand)
• No gap between thumb index finger
• Rear Hand Top View
• V point to the rear ear
• One knuckle visible (bottom hand)
• No gap between thumb index finger

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How to grip the club (irons woods)

• Grips ( pressure should never be tight)
• Vardon grip right pinkie overlaps the left index
  finger
• Ten-finger/ baseball grip place all ten fingers
  on the club
• Interlocking interlock the right pinkie and left
  index finger

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Address

• POSTURE
• Athletic position
• Knees slightly bent
• Bend from the waist
• Arms hang down naturally

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Address

• STANCE
• Feet shoulder width apart
• Toes pointing slightly out
• Weight distributed 40-60
• Weight distributed on the balls of each foot.
• 1. Square stance- aiming towards target
• 2. Closed stance- aiming right of target
• 3. Open stance- aiming left of target

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Address

• ALIGNMENT
• Feet should be parallel to the target (square
  stance).
• Align club to ball using intermediate target (T),
  club face square, align body
• Toe line should be parallel to target line

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Address Drills

• Hand shake drill Three people needed, the person
  in the middle turns and shakes hands with the two
  people facing him
• Heavy box drill same as above, pretend you are
  handing each person a very heavy box

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Address Drills

• Place two golf clubs down on the ground pointing
  towards the intended target. One golf club
  should represent the ball to target line and
  should be pointing directly towards the target.
  The second club should represent your feet to
  target line and should run parallel with the
  first club. Imagine a railway track running
  towards your intended target.
• The golf club should be square to the target and
  positioned just inside the leading foot.

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Address - Setup Pre-swing Routine

• Setup Pre-swing Routine
• Select club
• Intermediate target (12-18 inches in front and
  behind ball)
• Align club to ball using intermediate target (T),
  club face square, align body
• Toe line should be parallel to target line

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The golf swing can be broken down into six stages
with cues

• Keys of success have been developed with the
  right handed golfer in mind. Left handed golfers
  should follow the instruction but reverse the
  instruction hints.
• (You can substitute front and rear verses
  left and right).
• 1. Backswing
• 2. Top of Backswing
• 3. Transition
• 4. Impact
• 5. Follow through
• 6. Finish

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Swing Check Points1. BACKSWING CUES pass the
heavy box, hand shake

• Halfway position
• Shoulders turn on a flat plane to 45 degrees
• Shoulders rotate as the arms turn to hip height
• Left arm is extended but relaxed
• Right arm is bent and the right elbow is pointing
  down to the ground
• Target hand is facing away from the body
• Toe of the club is pointing up towards the sky
• Stay within the posture position

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Swing Check Points2. TOP BACKSWING CUES club
parallel

• Shoulders have turned through 90 degrees. Left
  shoulder has turned under chin
• Wrists have broken and arms are extended away
  from the body
• Right elbow is pointing down to the ground
• Hips have turned through 45 degrees
• Weight has transferred onto the right foot
  (40-60)
• Remain within the posture position
• Right knee remains flexed

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Swing Check Points3.TRANSITION CUES heel press

• Transfer of weight from the back foot occurs with
  the leading knee separating away from the back
  knee
• Leading shoulder moves away and out
• Club drops down and the right elbow moves in
  front of the right hip
• Weight continues to transfer over onto the left
  side

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Swing Check Points4. IMPACT CUES pop the towel

• Is a mirror image of the address position except
  the hips have cleared and the weight has
  transferred onto the left foot
• Spine angle should mirror the spine angle at
  address
• Staggered start

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Swing Check Points5. FOLLOW THROUGH CUES
kiss the knees

• The momentum of the previous movements will
  continue to turn the body through the golf ball.
• Half way check point
• The follow through should mirror the back swing
  checkpoint
• Toe of the golf club should be pointing in the
  air
• Arms extended away from the body
• Right shoulder should be moving under the chin
• Weight distributed 60-40 onto the left side

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Swing Check Points6. FINISH CUES golf trophy

• Weight has moved onto the left side
• Body has turned through the ball, so that the
  belly button is parallel to the target line
• Toe of the right foot should be pointing into the
  ground with the heel raised off
• Arms are high and relaxed by the left ear

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Which club should you use?

• Average Distance Men Women
• Driver 230 200
• 3-wood 210 180
• 5-iron 160 140
• 9-iron 120 100
  
• PW 110 90

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Golf Swing Training Aids

• Broom
• Medicus club feathering a hinge which is
  engineered to bend whenever a flaw occurs
• Assist training grip, precision bent shaft,
  weighted club head
• Shotsavers, Inc. Training Aids Devices
• Catalog Golf around the World

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Resources

• Videos/DVDs
• Jim McLean The 8-Step Swing
• Nancy Lopez Golf Made Easy
• Butch Harmon Conquering Golf
• Harvey Penick - Little Red Video
• David Pelz - Developing Great Touch
• Wally Armstrong The Clinic The Full Swing

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Websites

• USGA.com PGA.com
• LPGA.com websites2004.com/golf
• shotsavers.com/shotsaver/teaching
• Sports Equipment
• Sportime
• Gopher

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Elementary Rubric Putting
Good Okay Not Yet
Grip
Stance
Alignment
Tic-Toc
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Secondary Rubric Swing
Excellent Okay Not Yet
Grip
Stance
Alignment
Swing
-Back
-Top
-Transition
-Impact
-Foll Thru
-Finish
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AGES GOLF

• www.agesgolf.com
• Scott Sharron
• PO Box 930458
• Verona, WI 53593
• Equipment provided for use and demonstration by
  Mr. Scott Sharron Mr. Mike Heller