在练习场，越来越多的少年球手加入了练球的行列，当然，他们都是随父母前来的。少年球手必须有一套适合自己年龄、身高的球杆，而练习方法也应该与成年人有一些差别。少年球手的力量较小，而球杆也不像成年人使用的球杆那么硬，都是较软而弹性很高的，另外，他们的身体在一天一天的改变，因此没有必要练就一套固定的动作，但是必须遵循高尔夫运动技术的基本原则。

通常，由于少年比较好动，“静默的眼”，“静默的双腿”对于他们都难于做到，他们的动作一般会比较大，而对于正确的教授，他们未必愿意听从，因为他们更喜欢以自己的方式去打球。但是，作为家长，尽管你不想你的孩子将来成为职业球手，仍然要监督他们，做到以下6点：

　　1、起杆要低，靠近地面起杆，后挥杆应该做得比较充分，双手应该高于肩头，让背部对着目标，不要让他们学习成年人半挥杆击球，甚至更小幅度挥杆等技巧性的动作，因为你的孩子还不到练习这些技巧的时候。

　　2、到达挥杆顶点时，身体重心应该在右脚上，臀部和双肩转向右侧。因为很多孩子是站直身体把球杆往上举起来的，双脚平均承担了身体的重量，你应该告诉他，这是错误的。

　　3、完成后挥杆，在挥杆顶点应该有一个很小的停顿，然后才开始下挥杆动作。很多孩子的动作特别“连贯”，你应该告诉他把动作慢下来，让他慢慢形成节奏的概念。

　　4、下挥杆时，让身体重心从右腿转向左腿，而这是由转动臀部指向目标来带动的。下挥的路径基本与上杆的路径相同。不要跟他讲上杆和下杆路径有什么特别的差异，他是不会明白的。

　　5、必须让杆头边缘从球的底部插入，将球扫出，以甜蜜点击球，这样才能让球飞起来。这是少年球手比较难掌握的，告诉他挥杆过程保持膝部弯曲能够减少削顶球的出现，如前所述，很多孩子并不会把膝部弯曲。

　　6、收杆的时候，或者是之前的送杆，必须面向目标，身体重心停留在左腿，双手最后与左耳齐高。千万不要让他转圈，也不要收杆后移动两脚的位置，你知道，这是与高尔夫运动基本动作违背的，而很多孩子正是这样。

 资料来源于新浪高尔夫
www.hk517golf.com
http://blog.sina.com.cn/oakvalleygolf

Did you know that the average driving distance on the PGA Tour in 1993 was 260 yards and in 2003 improved to 288 yards! But in contrast the average driving distance of double-digit handicappers in 1993 was 193 yards and in 2003 only 205 yards. (Source: Golf Digest, USGA and R&A Research May 2003) Driving distances are increasing on the pro tours but driving distances for the average golfer are seeing minimal improvement. What is causing this growing gap?

In the past, we approached our golf game with only equipment, instruction, and the mental coaching as our influence. Now pro players are taking a multi-faceted approach towards improving their performance. Basic instruction, advanced instruction, course management, mental coaching, equipment, and physical conditioning are all influencing how they approach the game. Read the last sentence one more time and you will see one aspect that should reach out from the page and hit you right between the eyeballs, physical conditioning! We have all the resources to tell us how to swing the club but have we thought about the actual machine behind the swing….YOU?

The golf swing is a complex athletic movement that requires an efficient sequence of movements throughout the address to the follow through. One unique factor in the considering why there is such a gap between the pros and amateurs is the ability for the pro to get the body to coordinate all the elements that go into a fluid and efficient swing pattern.

Consider the golf swing like shifting gears in a car. In the downswing the first gear will be moving the largest muscle mass, the lower body (legs and pelvis). The second gear is moving medium muscle mass, the upper torso (spine and shoulders). The third gear is moving smaller muscle mass, the arms and wrist. The fourth gear is the smallest mass, the club. And fifth gear is club rotation.

Now we can see that if there is muscle tightness, muscle weakness, low back pain, or a poor coordination of movements, how it can substantially affect the way we sequence our golf swing and cause swing faults. Now with the integration of the golf instructor and the golf conditioning specialist we can match swing technique with the physical attributes to help you build a more repeatable and efficient golf swing. But before we do that we must first evaluate the factors that may impact our swing.

There is a direct relation to common swing faults and the physical attribute that may be causing these faults. Let’s take a brief look into three common swing faults:

Sway and Slide

Sway is a lateral shift away from the target in the backswing and slide is an excessive lateral motion toward the target. The slide is a common reaction to sway in the backswing and both are caused by hip instabilities (stability), poor rotation in the hips (flexibility), and the inability to get the upper torso to move around the lower body (mobility).

Thrust in the Backswing

Thrust in the backswing occurs when the lower body moves closer to the ball on the backswing. This causes the loss of body angles and affects the sequencing of the swing. This is usually caused by tightness in the calves (flexibility); the glutes are weak (stability), and due to the general lack of control in the core or hips to shoulders (mobility).

Chicken Winging

Chicken winging happens when the lead arm lacks something called external rotation (flexibility) post-impact. As a result, the lead elbow folds up and resembles a chicken wing. This can lead to susceptibility to elbow and shoulder injuries. The lack of clubface rotation promotes a slice.

Factors like flexibility, stability, mobility, power, nutrition, vision, and posture influence our body’s ability to swing the golf club. I highly encourage anyone who wants to take their game to a higher level to create a team of a qualified golf instructor and a golf conditioning specialist. By utilizing a proper screening process, they can measure your ability to generate and transfer speed and determine the most efficient energy transfer throughout your body. By isolating any physical limitation your team can correlate these findings to your swing technique and prescribe a custom conditioning program to take you to that next level.

The pros have understood the impact that conditioning can have on extending and improving their career. Now you too can take advantage of recruiting the right team for your golf performance. By integrating conditioning into your game it will help you reduce the risk of injury, increase your performance, and most importantly increase your experience each time you go out on the course. Now save that ¥3,231.71 you were going to spend on that new driver this year and make an investment for the long term of your golf game…YOU!

Declaration

It has recently come to our attention that three organizations in the names of European Golf Teachers Federation (EGTF), World Golf Federation (WGF) and American Golf Teachers Federation (AMGTF) (together “Organizations”) had been actively promoting and conducting training and certification courses for golf teaching professionals in China.

According to the information we obtained, these Organizations deliberately used names which are confusingly similar to the United States Golf Teachers Federation (USGTF), founded in USA in 1989, and the World Golf Teachers Federation (WGTF), which are the largest teaching professional federations in the world, with establishments in over 40 countries and over 19,000 members around the world.

Moreover, these Organizations represented themselves as having association with or otherwise connected to USGTF and WGTF and further copied the logo, setup, structure, syllabus and curriculum of USGTF so as to confuse the market and take advantage of the well developed reputation of USGTF and WGTF.

The truth is none of the Organizations have any relationship or association with USGTF and WGTF. Neither have they been authorized by USGTF and WGTF to use their registered logo or to conduct any training courses in China or, indeed, anywhere else in the world。Any representations made by the Organizations to the effect that they are associated or connected with USGTF and WGTF are manifestly false.  

We have already engaged our legal advisors to review the situation including possible infringement of USGTF logo. We are considering taking legal action against the infringers should they continue with their wrongful practices and false representations.     

We hereby declare that the Organizations, namely, EGTF, WGF and AMGTF, have no connection and are not associated with USGTF and WGTF. We hope the general public, in particular, the participants in the golf industry and people who are interested to receive professional training in golf teaching will not be confused, misled and deceived by these Organizations.

USGTF China Limited

Quincy Tam
Director

Suite 3203, 32/F, United Plaza
1468 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200040, PRC
Tel: +8621 62897676
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声明

本会发现最近有三家机构，名称European Golf Teachers Federation (EGTF)，World Golf Federation (WGTF) and American Golf Teachers Federation (AMGTF)，在中国非常活跃，推广和寻找一些培训中心合作举办高尔夫教练培训课程。

剧我们收到的消息，这三家机构对外声称与全球最大, 认证教练会员最多的高球教练联盟，United States Golf Teachers Federation (USGTF) 和World Golf Teachers Federation (WGTF)是关系机构。事实是这三家机构与USGTF和WGTF没有任何关系，也没有业务往来，他们的声称是不真实的和有误导大众之嫌。USGTF成立于1989年和WGTF是一家真正的全球教练联盟，拥有40个分支机构分布世界各地和超过19,000名会员。

这三家机构故意采用与USGTF和WGTF相似的机构名字，用意和目的是明显的，他们希望混淆视听，扰乱市场，利用USGTF和WGTF在全球高球界经过二十多年的不断努力所建立和享有的商誉来争取他们的最大利益。再者，他们的机构从成立开始就模仿和抄袭USGTF和WGTF的结构及课程安排等，并抄袭USGTF的注册商标。

本会正就此事质询法律意见，如果这三家机构继续他们的侵权行为，我们将会考虑在适当的时后采取行动以保护本会的合法权益。

本会特此郑重声名，EGTF，WGF和AMGTF与USGTF和WGTF是完全不同的机构，没有任何关系和业务联系。在此，我们希望大众，高球界人士和有志于从事教练行业的人士认清事实，不要被一些不诚实的机构所蒙骗。

USGTF China Limited

潭炳坤
Director