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Golf drills at home for 12 year olds
A 12 year old can practice course management, driving and focus & composure at home with 29 golf drills picked for the age. Keep a session to about 40 minutes, up to 5 days a week, with rest days between. Why: Organized sport should total no more hours a week than the child's age in years, with two rest days a week (NATA youth sport specialization recommendations).
A parent's page for a 12 year old: the drills that work at home, one session to follow, what changes this year and how much is healthy. Free, no account.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated November 5, 2026
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At a glance
- At 12
- 29 golf drills the app opens for a 12 year old work at home, across 6 skills.
- How long
- One home session of about 40 minutes; SSTracker never plans more than 60 minutes for a 12 year old.
- How often
- At most 5 training days a week, with rest days between. Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 12 hours for a 12 year old, with two rest days a week.
- What you need
- Most used: putter (11 of the 29 drills), balls (9), foam balls (9), short iron (4), tees (4), club (3), wedge (3), pencil (2). 1 drill needs nothing but space. 1 is for two, and a parent can be the partner.
- Safe at home
- One child and one parent in a room, garage or yard. Never tackling, contact, diving or head-first falls, no stunts or loaded lifting, and nothing that needs a coach, rink, pool or court. Stop when anything hurts.
29 at-home drills
Golf drills for 12 year olds to do at home
Every drill below is one the app opens for a 12 year old and one that works at home: a room, garage or yard, one parent as the partner, no venue. Each drill's page has the steps, a diagram where the setup can be drawn, three ways to make it a game and a log to print.
course management
Course Management
driving
Driving
focus & composure
Focus & Composure
iron play
Iron Play
putting
Putting
A 40-minute session
A home golf session for a 12 year old
A warm-up, 3 drills and a cool-down, 40 minutes in all. Do it up to 5 days a week, with rest days between.
- 1Golf Warm-Up, Ages 11 to 13A 10-minute moving warm-up for golf players aged 11 to 13: running, moving stretches, plank, balance, landings and build-up runs, then golf moves, with a note on growth spurts.10 min
- 2Chip to a TowelWeight forward, quiet hands.8 min
- 3Bucket Chip GameLand it, let it roll.10 min
- 4Breath and ResetSlow breath, soft grip.6 min
- 5Golf Cool-Down Stretches, Ages 11 to 13A 6-minute cool-down for golf players aged 11 to 13 after training: stretches for the legs, hips, lower back and wrists, each held 15 to 20 seconds, never to pain, with growth-spurt notes.6 min
At 12
What changes in golf training at 12
From 12, a home session can run to 60 minutes and the plan can have 5 training days a week, up from 45 minutes and 4 days at 11.
The app opens the same 29 at-home drills at 12 as at 11; the ones below are a different selection from that list.
Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 12 hours for a 12 year old, with two rest days a week.
The week
Fitting golf into a week at 12
At 12 the limit is 12 hours of organized sport a week. If you count home sessions against it to be safe, 5 sessions of 40 minutes is 3.33 hours, which leaves 8.67 for team practice and games. Even 5 days at the app's longest, 60 minutes, is 5 hours.
The research behind it
Ages 6 to 12 are the "sampling years": high play, low deliberate practice.
Côté and Vierimaa 2014Organized sport should total no more hours a week than the child's age in years, with two rest days a week.
NATA youth sport specialization recommendations
Questions and answers
What golf drills can a 12 year old do at home?
29 drills the app opens at 12 work at home. A few to start with: Know Your Yardage Map, Pace Off the Distance and Where Would You Aim?. One child and one parent in a room, garage or yard. Never tackling, contact, diving or head-first falls, no stunts or loaded lifting, and nothing that needs a coach, rink, pool or court. Stop when anything hurts.
How long should a 12 year old practice golf at home?
One home session of about 40 minutes; SSTracker never plans more than 60 minutes for a 12 year old. At most 5 training days a week, with rest days between. Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 12 hours for a 12 year old, with two rest days a week.
What do you need to practice golf at home at 12?
Most used: putter (11 of the 29 drills), balls (9), foam balls (9), short iron (4), tees (4), club (3), wedge (3), pencil (2). 1 drill needs nothing but space. 1 is for two, and a parent can be the partner.
What changes in golf training at 12?
From 12, a home session can run to 60 minutes and the plan can have 5 training days a week, up from 45 minutes and 4 days at 11. The app opens the same 29 at-home drills at 12 as at 11; the ones below are a different selection from that list.