Golf Guide for Parents and Players: Secrets of Success for Junior and College Golf, Professional Tour and BeyondMillions of children are getting into golf all over the world. Golf offers your child unparalleled opportunities -- world travel, money for college, great career choices. However young players sometimes suffer burnout, injury, and other specific problems, ruining their love of the game and desires to keep playing. How to motivate kids to go back, practice after practice. When to focus exclusively on golf. Save on lessons, find scholarships and sponsors. How to pursue college golf and a career in professional golf. Gain insight into golf organisations and agents. Have fun along the way at the best golf camps and resorts. Golf Guide for Parents and Players unveils the secrets of success for junior and college golf, the professional tour and beyond. Whether your child is 2 or 18, just starting, has played some golf, or is already a champion -- this book will provide a chockfull of practical answers and new ideas. Whether you are a player, a golf playing parent or a parent curious about golf, this book will empower you to get the most out of the game leading you down some amazing fairways, teeing up some big dreams, and driving you toward an exhilarating golfing life. |
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Table des matières
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Camps Schools and Academies | 133 |
Gearing Up | 147 |
Physical Conditioning | 179 |
The Mental Game | 199 |
Pushing How much is too much? | 217 |
Money Wise | 235 |
Careers in Golf | 259 |
College Golf | 271 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
AJGA amateur Annika Sorenstam athletes become birdies career champion Champions Tour Championship coach college golf compete competition David Leadbetter dreams driving range Earl Woods earn enjoy etiquette experience fairway feel fitness focus give Golf Academy golf balls golf camps golf clubs golf course golf development golf kid golf programs green grip high school hole homeschooling important improve instructor Jack Nicklaus keep Leadbetter lessons LPGA LPGA Tour match men’s ment mental Michelle Wie NCAA Nike offer parents PGA of America PGA Tour phase Phil Mickelson play golf player plyometric practice process goals professional golf putting putts ranking round rules scholarships score shoes shot skills sponsorship strength success teaching professional television Tiger Woods tion tournament U.S. Open USGA Women’s young golfers
Fréquemment cités
Page 1 - Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
Page 259 - Wooden describes success as the peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, using the abilities you have.
Page 122 - Advice" is any counsel or suggestion which could influence a player in determining his play, the choice of a club, or the method of making a stroke.
Page 305 - I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
Page 147 - Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements illadapted for the purpose.
Page 305 - Golf: a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.
Page 305 - She could have counted on the fingers of one hand the number of times he had failed to finish the crossword.
Page 283 - The comparable percentages in the coed colleges and the women's colleges were much lower in '89, but women athletes at those schools are now also being actively recruited. ADMISSIONS ADVANTAGES, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, AND OTHER "SELECTION" EFFECTS 1 . Athletes who are recruited, and who end up on the carefully winnowed lists of desired candidates submitted by coaches to the admissions office, now enjoy a very substantial statistical "advantage" in the admissions process — a much greater advantage...
