Patience

Persistence   

Perfect Practice

Time Management and Practice Schedules
(  So very powerful !!)

In every team sport you always have the coach there when you are practicing to make sure you are doing the right things and practicing the right way.  In golf, guess what?  Very little of your practice time is spent with your coach / instructor.  That means you have to work out your own practice schedule and be a great manager of your time.  That is hard for most junior players to do.

Make a schedule for the week.  Write it down when you are going to practice leaving time for other things going on -- school, friends, family.... Stick to that schedule.  Have some discipline and stick to it.  If you are a competitive high school player you should be spending at least 10 hours each week practicing.

Within that schedule write  down what you’re going to practice - how much time on short game, hitting drivers...  Have your instructor help with this based on what your weaknesses are .  Make this time management and practice schedule a habit and get in the habit of doing it every single week.  “Yard by yard, life is hard.  Inch by inch it’s a cinch”

A little bit EVERY week goes a long way.

Example of a good starting golf practice schedule-

    60% spent on short game

    30% hitting drivers

    10% what ever you feel needs work.

  Now, what is even better is to track your rounds and get some statistics.  ( Look elsewhere on the Junior Tour site here and click on the   “Round Charts”.   This is what I use for my tournament players.  From these stats after 5-10 rounds you will have a good idea of what your game looks like. (  ie.... and even par stat sheet should be around 10 fairways hit, 10 GIR, about 50% up and downs and about 30 putts.)