Your kids are getting to the age that they would like to start to play golf and you are wondering when to start a junior golf instruction program. Knowing when to start and how to find the right junior golf lessons for a child are crucial components to building an environment for your child to enjoy and succeed in the game of golf.
你的孩子到了学习高尔夫适龄年纪，你寻思着如何启动一个青少年高尔夫教学课程。知道什么时候开始培养孩子，接下来为孩子选择正确的高尔夫课程是重要的一步，这样才能为孩子营造一个让他享受高尔夫，并在其中收获成功的好环境。
Begin by asking yourself, not your junior, some questions about what your motivation might be for getting their junior golf lessons. Four reasons that parents want junior golf lessons for their young child (under eleven) typically are the following:
试着问自己一些问题，是什么样的动力驱使你为你的孩子选择高尔夫课程。父母为不足11岁的孩子选择高尔夫课程通常有以下四种典型的原因：
- Because of golf's reputation for rules.高尔夫以规则著名。
- Fair play and self-policing.公平竞赛，自律。
- The parents have a genuine interest in seeing their children attempt to play the game. 父母们天生有观看孩子尝试运动的浓厚兴趣。
- Parents want to spend more time with their child and have decided that golf will be the vehicle to do this. 父母希望多跟孩子在一起，于是决定让高尔夫成为实现这个目的的工具。
- As so many do, parents feel that their children must be in as many activities as possible.像大部分父母一样，大家都觉得孩子必须尽可能多地参加活动。
Whatever your reasons are for wanting your child to begin to play the game of golf, the important thing is to ensure the kids have fun and enjoy themselves. Golf is a great game that can teach your child many life skills and is a game they can play the rest of their life.
无论你希望孩子接触高尔夫的原因是什么，最重要的是确保孩子们玩的开心。高尔夫是一种能教授你孩子很多生活技能的运动，也可以让孩子们一辈子享受她的乐趣。
The most important thing to do is ask your child if playing golf is something that they would like to do. If the answer is no, do not push them to play. You do need to make sure that they understand the option is always open for them to play. It make take you asking multiple times and giving them the information they need to feel comfortable to begin playing the game.
现在最重要的事情是问你的孩子究竟高尔夫是不是他们的兴趣所在，如果是否定的回答，不必强迫他们。你需要让他们知道，他们任何时候都可以自由选择。因此，你可能需要多问他们几次，给提供他们足够的信息，这样才能保证他们起步学高尔夫或打高尔夫觉得自在。
Once your child decides that they do want to play golf here are some steps to take to get them started and to keep the game fun for them:
Begin with a real junior set of clubs. Many people think that by making a club shorter it will fit a junior golfer. This is NOT true. You need to find a company that specially and properly weights their junior golf clubs depending on the size of your child. In addition, you do not need to buy a whole set. Most companies will allow you to purchase junior clubs one at a time.
如果你的孩子决定选择高尔夫，可以借鉴以下让他们迈出第一步并保持兴趣的方法和步骤：先买一套正版的青少年球杆。很多人会认为，将球杆截短就适合青少年高尔夫球手，其实并不是这样。你需要找一个能根据青少年体重和身高进行量身定做球杆的公司，从他们那里找到适合你孩子的专业高尔夫球杆。另外，你不需要购买一整套。很多公司允许你每次可只购买一只青少年球杆。
Find a qualified golf instructor who enjoys working with juniors.
找一位喜欢教青少年球手的合格高尔夫教练。
Make sure that your series of junior golf lessons include sessions on the rules of golf as well as golf etiquette. Depending on their age, the rules and etiquette situations do not need to be deep in the heart of the rule book. It has always amazed me on what a child at any age can retain when they want to learn.
确保你购买的青少年高尔夫课程中包括高尔夫规则和高尔夫礼仪等内容。根据孩子的年龄，教练应传授合适的内容，而不要只顾挖掘高尔夫规则书本中的深层含义。我经常会惊讶于无论多大的孩子，他们都能久久地记住自己喜欢的学习内容。
Your junior does not have to play a "real golf hole" to have fun. Make the putting green the goal. This is a good way for the younger junior golfers to get started and as it reads only count the shots that it takes to get to the green to determine a score.
The hole does not need to be the end of the hole. What does this mean? Some smaller juniors find it more fun to hit it into a bunker than onto a green.
孩子们不必去“真正的高尔夫球洞”才能玩得开心。让推杆果岭成为他们的目标。这是让较小的青少年球手起步的好方法，让他们慢慢明白打向果岭的每一杆都决定一个分数。球洞不一定得是该洞最末端的那个孔。这是什么意思呢？因为有些年纪特别小的青少年发现将球打进沙坑比打上果岭更好玩。
This may seem counter-intuitive to many golf purists however, once you think about it, typically the bunkers are smaller than the putting greens. This can only make them better later. In addition, they LOVE to climb into the bunkers and this gives us a chance to teach bunker etiquette.
这个可能与很多纯粹高尔夫主义者的观点相反，但是，如果你换个角度想：一般沙坑的面积都小于推杆果岭的面积，这样反而能让他们以后有更精准的表现。另外，他们喜欢在沙坑里摸爬滚打，这样也给教练们带来了教授沙坑礼仪的好机会。
