Golf drills at home for 13 year olds

At a glance

At 13

29 golf drills the app opens for a 13 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 13 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 13 hours for a 13 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 13 year olds to do at home

Every drill below is one the app opens for a 13 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

• Know Your Yardage MapAges 7 and up · 8 min
• Pace Off the DistanceAges 7 and up · 10 min
• Where Would You Aim?Ages 7 and up · 8 min

driving

Driving

• Balance Statue SwingsAges 7 and up · 6 min
• Big Target Tee GameAges 7 and up · 10 min
• Tee Height and SetupAges 7 and up · 8 min

focus & composure

Focus & Composure

• Good Shot DiaryAges 7 and up · 6 min
• Quiet Statue Before the ShotAges 7 and up · 6 min
• Three-Breath RoutineAges 7 and up · 8 min

iron play

Iron Play

• Brush the GrassAges 7 and up · 8 min
• Clap and Swing RhythmAges 7 and up · 6 min
• Grip and Posture CheckAges 7 and up · 6 min

putting

Putting

• Coin Target PuttingAges 7 and up · 8 min
• Family Putting CourseAges 7 and up · 12 min
• Putter GateAges 7 and up · 8 min

A 38-minute session

A home golf session for a 13 year old

A warm-up, 2 drills and a cool-down, 38 minutes in all. Do it up to 5 days a week, with rest days between.

1. 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
2. 2Short Putt CircleListen for the drop.10 min
3. 3Speed Ladder PuttsFeel the length of the stroke.12 min
4. 4Golf 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 13

What changes in golf training at 13

The app opens advanced (level 3) drills at 13.

13 is the first year of advanced drills in SSTracker's age gate.

The app opens the same 29 at-home drills at 13 as at 12; 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 13 hours for a 13 year old, with two rest days a week.

The week

Fitting golf into a week at 13

At 13 the limit is 13 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 9.67 for team practice and games. Even 5 days at the app's longest, 60 minutes, is 5 hours.

The research behind it

• Ages 13 to 15 are the "specializing years", after the sampling years of 6 to 12.

  Côté and Vierimaa 2014

• 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

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