Are the Juniors too one-dimensional??

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A few weeks ago, got teamed up with a 'young-adult' (read 13-16yr old). He played off single digits. I like my golf to be a bit social, so tried making some small conversations with him. But all I got back from him was a bit of grunting and mono syllabic noises. He obviously plays a lot after school and can hit the ball miles (though his short game was not as sharp as I expected). I came back with the impression that he spends a lot of time on golf and nothing else. Is too much golf making the kids one-dimensional? If they dont make it in golf, what is the back up plan?

Luckily the other guys were grumpy old men like me, so the round was alright.

:rant:ps: Another grumpy rant - Crossing the road today, got cut by a teenage girl in her micra listening to her iPod via Headphones!!!! What was she thinking..
 
Or possibly listening to nothing, it could have been her hands free off her iphone - I like to see the best in people.
 
Could be any number of factors. Maybe he hasn't got your range of social skills yet and was embarrassed so kept conversation simple. Maybe he just wanted to focus on his game. Maybe his short game was having an off day. If we are to get juniors into golf and stay in it we need to be doing all we can to encourage them. I applaud you joining him but not sure I agree with your observations
 
Speaking for myself here, when i was 13 year old i didnt dare say boo a goose. So maybes his shyness came across as ignorance..................but more importantly was the girl in the micra fit?! :whoo:
 
a couple of weeks ago I played an introductory round at my new golf club with the club captain, and for the first few holes I was pretty quiet, mainly because I didn't know the guy, I didn't know the course, and I was trying to concentrate mainly on what I was doing. Settled down a bit after that and by the end of the round was really getting in well with him.

When I was 16 I was pretty shy so what you;re describing doesn't surprise me, after all he perhaps felt that you didn't have much in common.

Better grunting at you on the course than robbing your car in the car park though, very cloud has a silver lining and all that;)
 
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snell said:
but more importantly was the girl in the micra fit?! :whoo:
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This is the most important question on this thread. Was she?

As for the boy probably just typical teenager, as for his golf I do think junior golfers are a little 1 dimensional comes from watching US target golf. But then I'm just jealous that they always tend to be better than me.
 
As a junior golfer myself, I can relate to this. When I was younger I didn't have a good time out on the golf course, too often I would hit bad shots and get demoralised. I now understand that it's extremely unlikely that I'm ever going to be a world beater at this game and have learnt to chill out a bit more on the course, if I hit a bad shot, oh well I'm a handicap golfer it is expected. It makes the game a lot more enjoyable and I always look forward to the next time I play.
 
Being the owner of two teenage boys I can tell you now that grunting is the standard means of communication, in his mind he was probably being perfectly sociable!
 
stevie_r said:
Don't think it is anything to do with golf, he's a 13 - 16yo kid.
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I own one of these too, and that's a normal response at the best of times. Hear them playing Xbox online with mates and they are a barrel of laughs..... I play golf with the juniors quite a bit at our place given the boy plays and sometimes his mates join us, or I join them. Generally, I have to say that they can all be quite talkative and social at times, and quiet as mice at others. Not a lot different to the rest of us.
 
KJT123 said:
As a junior golfer myself, I can relate to this. When I was younger I didn't have a good time out on the golf course, too often I would hit bad shots and get demoralised. I now understand that it's extremely unlikely that I'm ever going to be a world beater at this game and have learnt to chill out a bit more on the course, if I hit a bad shot, oh well I'm a handicap golfer it is expected. It makes the game a lot more enjoyable and I always look forward to the next time I play.
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I know a guy in his late forties who is exactly the same as your younger self! One bad hole or bad shot and he gets completely demoralised and gives up. Don't think he actually enjoys the game at all, because he is too target focused! Personally I never worry about such things, as it is part of the game. I just try to play the next shot well and get on with it. I always enjoy a round of golf in good company, even if I play badly.

By the way, Harry Enfield's 'teenager' comes to mind in this thread! :)
 
I think you're being a bit harsh on 13 to 16 yr old lads to be honest. Kids of that age will either, quite naturally, not have developed the social skills you want them to have or, possibly more likely, don't feel particularly comfortable conversing with people of their parents age or older.
 
SaintHacker said:
Being the owner of two teenage boys I can tell you now that grunting is the standard means of communication, in his mind he was probably being perfectly sociable!
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Yes!

What did you do at School today?

Grunt!

What did you say?

Grunt!

What was that?

PHYSICS!!!!!

:)
 
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