Pro-Sports

Based on the concepts from The Expert Mind and the other articles I read about in my pursuit to raise a smart kid, there are several things you can do to help prepare your child for excellence in golf (or any other sport for that matter, but since I’m doing this with Gavin, we’re going to look at golf) even before he is old enough to pick up a golf club.  Here are 5 ways you can prepare your child to become a pro-golfer:

1. Let your child watch golf on TV so he can observe how the game is played.
2. Bring him to the driving range so he can get familiar with the setting and watch other golfers in action up close and personal.
3. Get him the equipment - not necessarily the real stuff, a toy set can be just as effective for the time being - so he can “play pretend”.  This is the first step towards eventually teaching him how to visualise.
4. Bring him to golf shops to see the real equipment.
5. Start looking around for golf schools that he can go to when he’s older (I’ve seen a few around for children).

It is never too young to start and many of these things can be done once your child begins to walk.  Remember, Tiger Woods was only two years old when he started playing golf.

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