| A foam golf ball, putter, cone and at least 6m of space |
Place a ball on the ground at a marked spot. Hand the putter to the child. Tell the child to hit the ball as close as possible to the cone placed at 5m away. Repeat a second trial. |
Start |
Child side on to intended target (i.e. non/preferred hip/shoulder faces towards target). Both hand on putter (grip not important).
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| Stance |
Back has slight bend at waist and feet are shoulder width apart.
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| Focus |
Head still with eyes focused on ball until after release.
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| Backswing |
Small backswing with putter (i.e. lower than kneed height).
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| Hit |
Contacts ball and sends smoothly (i.e. without bounce) in general direction of target (no more than 11 am to 1 PM degrees left or right).
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| Follow through |
The plane of the putter is towards the target in a smooth rhythmic pendular motion without break.
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Score
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