Pre- Competitive Round Practice Time?
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Tony D'Antonio
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Having done a wee bit of over-coaching a child myself I can tell you the best bit of advice I ever received was from my son's former baseball coach. He said after a game or practice don't talk about baseball. "Go buy your son an ice cream and tell him you love him." I respectively suggest that at this age a father's pre-round routine for his daughter should be:
1. Have fun
2. Do your best
3. I love you
1. Have fun
2. Do your best
3. I love you
My feedback:
Some format of a very condensed verson of that would work for me: 20 minutes of short game, 20 minutes of range, 20 minutes of putting. I would agree that his pre-round is way too long - he got a little carried away with covering every aspect.
Should be titled Pre Round Practice - so that every round has the same routine - not something different for tournament rounds.
Didn't like the two club warm up for me - I'd rather stretch in other ways if needed - instead of needing to "recover" from the heavy club feel of two clubs. (I've always been flexible so stretching has never been a concern for me)
I did like the thought of having the first hole, feel like or approach it mentally as if it's the 7th or 8th hole. I'll have to try that - not sure it'll make a difference or not - like the idea though.
aaron_lohan
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If she were to play 2 rounds in one day she would be asleep on the back nine of the second round with all that effort.
Thanks for the responses received so far. As golf coaches/instructors we have certainly had a junior
who we taught who had a parent(s) who have pushed them in a way that is counter productive.
I have walked away from more than one junior after determining that I could not help the player
due to parental interference. This relationship is different and I want to provide insight.
My relationship with this parent is good. He has shown respect for my abilities and approach. We
communicate often about the path his daughter needs to take to be the best she can be.
I have focused a couple of things:
- the girl has shown that she can practice golf for 4-5 hours at a time and remain focused and involved.
- the parent gives his daughter unconditional love and support
- I respect his thoughts, views and opinions because he does know a lot about the game from being
associated with the tour for many years.
- his analytical approach (engineering background) is way different that mine and I feel that I can
learn from it.
- I communicate with the parent just as much if not more than the daughter.
- overall I have looked at this relationship as one that will help me improve as a golf instructor.
I told the 2.5 hour time line he laid out was a practice plan and not a warm up So last night I
designed a detailed time line for pre-competitive round warm up (not practice).
1:26 hours/minutes form the time she arrives at the course to the time she hits her first shot.
Kind of surprised I had never put something like this together for a competitive player.
Pre-Tournament Round Practice Plan
Arrival at the club –
From Parking Lot, Check In to Putting Green - 10 Minutes :10
Short Game -
Stretch - 3 minutes :13
18-30 foot putts - 4 minutes :17
2-5 foot putts using chalk line, tee drills 4 minutes :21
2-10 foot putts - 5 minutes :26
Walk to short game area - 2 minutes :28
Wedges - 5 minutes :33
Chips - 3 minutes :36
Bunker - 3 minutes :39
Full Swing –
Walk to driving range - 3 minutes :42
Loosen up - 2 minutes :44
Wedges - 4 minutes :48
Ladder(odd/even irons, hybrid, fw) 15 minutes 1:03
Driver - 3 minutes 1:06
Wedges - 2 minutes 1:08
Free Time - 5 minutes 1:13
Walk to 1st/10th tee area – 3 minutes 1:16
Meet at 1st/10th tee - 10 minutes 1:26
Total to Start Time – 1:26
I plan on putting together a post round practice plan asap. Again thanks for the input.
who we taught who had a parent(s) who have pushed them in a way that is counter productive.
I have walked away from more than one junior after determining that I could not help the player
due to parental interference. This relationship is different and I want to provide insight.
My relationship with this parent is good. He has shown respect for my abilities and approach. We
communicate often about the path his daughter needs to take to be the best she can be.
I have focused a couple of things:
- the girl has shown that she can practice golf for 4-5 hours at a time and remain focused and involved.
- the parent gives his daughter unconditional love and support
- I respect his thoughts, views and opinions because he does know a lot about the game from being
associated with the tour for many years.
- his analytical approach (engineering background) is way different that mine and I feel that I can
learn from it.
- I communicate with the parent just as much if not more than the daughter.
- overall I have looked at this relationship as one that will help me improve as a golf instructor.
I told the 2.5 hour time line he laid out was a practice plan and not a warm up So last night I
designed a detailed time line for pre-competitive round warm up (not practice).
1:26 hours/minutes form the time she arrives at the course to the time she hits her first shot.
Kind of surprised I had never put something like this together for a competitive player.
Pre-Tournament Round Practice Plan
Arrival at the club –
From Parking Lot, Check In to Putting Green - 10 Minutes :10
Short Game -
Stretch - 3 minutes :13
18-30 foot putts - 4 minutes :17
2-5 foot putts using chalk line, tee drills 4 minutes :21
2-10 foot putts - 5 minutes :26
Walk to short game area - 2 minutes :28
Wedges - 5 minutes :33
Chips - 3 minutes :36
Bunker - 3 minutes :39
Full Swing –
Walk to driving range - 3 minutes :42
Loosen up - 2 minutes :44
Wedges - 4 minutes :48
Ladder(odd/even irons, hybrid, fw) 15 minutes 1:03
Driver - 3 minutes 1:06
Wedges - 2 minutes 1:08
Free Time - 5 minutes 1:13
Walk to 1st/10th tee area – 3 minutes 1:16
Meet at 1st/10th tee - 10 minutes 1:26
Total to Start Time – 1:26
I plan on putting together a post round practice plan asap. Again thanks for the input.
jimmyt
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It's at least better than the one daddy has laid out, however I still feel that it's a shade too long. It's a fair compromise, but if you are her coach and you have credentials to advise your athlete.......you mentioned your relationship with her father is good you should respectfully ask him to back off. Just because she has the ability to practice with focus for 4-5 hours doesn't mean she has to do that much, everything is over done.
It's a warm up, preparing mentally and physically for a competitive round of golf......with emphasis on preparing mentally for the round.
With all due respect.......
She's 15 years old and it sounds as if she is very receptive to taking advice from her father and you, her coach. Also at 15, I think she should have some input as to what helps her to warm up and get ready for her round. Not saying that she is capable of coming up with as detailed and regimented plan as her dad's or even yours, but she should have the freedom to say something like "I really like warming up with hitting half 5 irons for a few minutes then going to the driver" or whatever variation or sequence.
I for one would not really like the implied restrictiveness of the plan and think that she should be able to say "I'm comfortable with my driver today, so I'm going to spend some more time on wedges". Then again some people do better with structure and schedules--the problem comes with delays and unforseen changes that can throw their whole game off just because there was there was a rain delay or whatever.
I guess what I'm saying is that I think the routine should be custom tailored for the individual.
I for one would not really like the implied restrictiveness of the plan and think that she should be able to say "I'm comfortable with my driver today, so I'm going to spend some more time on wedges". Then again some people do better with structure and schedules--the problem comes with delays and unforseen changes that can throw their whole game off just because there was there was a rain delay or whatever.
I guess what I'm saying is that I think the routine should be custom tailored for the individual.
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