Orange Monkey Golf’s Junior Programme Overview
Using TPI's junior golf philosophy we bring a Junior golf development & athletic programmes unlike any other. Ten to 15 years from now we want to see the athletes who reach the highest levels of the Junior Performance on the PGA and LPGA Tours. We are not trying to help create good golfers, we're trying to create AMAZING golfers. We believe that should be the goal of every junior golf programme.
Our philosophy is simple
Junior Golf Programmes need to develop fundamental movement skills (FMS), establish functional movement patterns, develop sports specific skills, teach golf-specific skills and most importantly, create a love for the game.
How we go about creating those amazing golfers is vastly different from what is available in most junior golf programmes. Too many junior golf schools were developed with an adult mindset. But when creating a programme for kids, you have to think like a kid. Too many junior programmes select drills and activities that coaches or developers think are fun. But those activities rarely are fun for kids. Today's junior golf programmes focus primarily on the golf swing, a one-dimensional approach to teaching. There is a failure to understand that sports- specific skills are built around fundamental movement skills.
So, we will not have the children standing on a range hitting golf balls for the whole session. Most 5 to 10 year-olds would not last before expressing boredom if we did that. Many parents who watch our classes for the first time are often surprised by how much time we spend playing games that are seemingly unrelated to golf.
Our programmes are designed so children should have these characteristics before they specifically start learning to play golf.
Be well balanced, agile and coordinated.
Possess well-developed kicking, striking, throwing and catching skills.
Understand spatial and body awareness
The activities we will use share rotational velocity "DNA" with golf. For instance, a baseball swing at a T - Ball needs a weight shift, trunk rotation, wrist hinge and a strike. All of those are found in the golf swing. Cross training allows us to teach the basic movement of golf. By the time an athlete finishes this programme that athlete will have learned Full swing and Short Game techniques, sprinting mechanics, how to read a green, golf rules, human anatomy, athletic nutrition, playing strategies and much more.
Again, the children who go through this programme will build a love for golf and physical activity. Be sure to take note of the kids' faces as they go through the programme and watch the smiles, watch the laughter, watch the determination and watch how their bodies move. Because of the varying physical nature of this programme and its cross training, the athletes who play other sports will see increased skill levels in those other sports too.
We expect the children who make it to the highest levels of this programme to be winning local, national and international junior events.
We look forward to meeting you and your young athletes!