Junior loves golf and I am guilty for not bringing him to practise more often. I see many kids at the practise grounds and sometimes I see parent's who are just too demanding. 'Keep your head down", "No no no..you are lifting up", "Look at the ball"...wait...didn't we mean to tell them "Go have fun". Well, that's not the point of this posts. Just something for parent's to ponder.
Back to the main point. Junior was in the bunker for the first time and managed to take a picture right after impact. And it's wonderful how he had the perfect impact position. Flat wrist on the leading hand and a bent wrist on the trailing hand.
Could he be a golfing genius? Maybe. But I am sure that's not why he get's into a perfect impact position. You see, kids who start at 2 to 3 years old tend to have a hard time manipulating a golf club. They simply do not have the arm strength (like most adults do) to so. They still manage to swing the club because they make use of momentum. Kids instictively use their body to move the club. On the downswing, they do not lunge at the ball. Instead, they make use of the same momentum and gravity to bring the club to the ball. And they arrive at the impact position because (as you remember) they do not have the arm strength to flip the club.
With gravity and momentum, they create serious club head speed. Quite possibly, they are pound for pound swinging faster than Tiger. For you parent's out there who haven't start your kids on golf, you know what to do. If they end up at the Masters, great. If not, just remember this.
Golf builds character. Teaching them the rules, proper gentlemenly (or ladylike) behaviour, and managing the game will help them to be better people. You will be glad that you did just give them a set of clubs. Rather, you thought them how to enjoy golf the way it was meant to be.
And with their God given talent to swing a club they do deserve a chance.
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