teaching someone to start

[d1217]

my mum recently decied she wanted to take up golf, so i went and got her a 7 iron with a ladies graphite shaft. the first time she went she could hit the ball but only along the ground, are there any tips i could use to help her to start getting the ball up in the air?

thanks
any other tips about teaching someone new will also be of great help!!

 

[JT77]

Buy her a set of lessons mate, and she can see how it goes.

 

[bobmac]

any other tips about teaching someone new will also be of great help!!

What ever you do, do it gently.
If you dont, you'll scare her off for ever.

Show here how to hold the club, roughly. how to stand at the beginning and at the end and start off with half swings.
I would suggest a lesson as soon as you can to prevent any wrong advice or arguements between family teaching anything to family.
Dont insist on everything being by the book at first.
Roughly there will do to start with.
To help her get it off the ground, tee it up.
That will give her a bit of confidence.
Good luck

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Have to agree lessons are the way forward and will stop any family rows

 

[DingleBerry]

It would be like giving Driving lessons!!

Lessons from a pro is the answer and it will save a lots of Hassle :0

 

[Imurg]

It would be like giving Driving lessons!!

Lessons from a pro is the answer and it will save a lots of Hassle :0

Oh if only that was the case.........

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Definately lessons, I wouldn't even know how to start teaching someone to hit a golf ball.

 

[CrapHacker]

I used to show my mates the basics years ago when I was encouraging them to take the game up. Nothing serious, just grip and swing, but they all had decent hand eye coordination, so could do it pretty much by themselves.

But teaching my mum? She'd end up hating me.

I tried last year with HID. Tough, very, very tough. I suggested the pro, but she didn't want to be told what to do by a stranger. She also didn't want to be told what to do by me, either.