Golf drills at home for 17 year olds

At a glance

At 17

32 golf drills the app opens for a 17 year old work at home, across 6 skills.

How long

One home session of about 50 minutes; SSTracker never plans more than 75 minutes for a 17 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 17 hours for a 17 year old, with two rest days a week.

What you need

Most used: putter (12 of the 32 drills), balls (10), foam balls (9), pencil (4), short iron (4), tees (4), club (3), wedge (3). 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.

32 at-home drills

Golf drills for 17 year olds to do at home

Every drill below is one the app opens for a 17 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

• Pace Off the DistanceAges 7 and up · 10 min
• Where Would You Aim?Ages 7 and up · 8 min
• Your Round in NumbersAges 14 and up · 10 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

• Quiet Statue Before the ShotAges 7 and up · 6 min
• Three-Breath RoutineAges 7 and up · 8 min
• Write Your Practice PlanAges 14 and up · 10 min

iron play

Iron Play

• Grip and Posture CheckAges 7 and up · 6 min
• Hoop Landing GameAges 7 and up · 10 min
• Brush the GrassAges 7 and up · 8 min

putting

Putting

• Family Putting CourseAges 7 and up · 12 min
• Putter GateAges 7 and up · 8 min
• Short Putt CircleAges 7 and up · 10 min

A 49-minute session

A home golf session for a 17 year old

A warm-up, 3 drills and a cool-down, 49 minutes in all. Do it up to 5 days a week, with rest days between.

1. 1Golf Warm-Up, Ages 14 and UpA 12-minute moving warm-up for golf players 14 and up: moving stretches, strength, single-leg control, cuts and build-up runs, then golf moves at practice speed.12 min
2. 2Read and RollStart line, then speed.15 min
3. 3Know Your Yardage MapFind the trouble first.8 min
4. 4Breath and ResetSlow breath, soft grip.6 min
5. 5Golf Cool-Down Stretches, Ages 14 and UpA 8-minute cool-down for golf players 14 and up after training: stretches for the legs, hips, lower back and wrists, each held 20 to 30 seconds, never to pain.8 min

At 17

What changes in golf training at 17

The app opens the same 32 at-home drills at 17 as at 16; 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 17 hours for a 17 year old, with two rest days a week.

The week

Fitting golf into a week at 17

At 17 the limit is 17 hours of organized sport a week. If you count home sessions against it to be safe, 5 sessions of 50 minutes is 4.17 hours, which leaves 12.83 for team practice and games. Even 5 days at the app's longest, 75 minutes, is 6.25 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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