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light ones are best you don't want heavy ones you can pull a muscle easy at that age i did once

I believe it was Azinger in a telecast this year stated "it was better for kids to have clubs a little heavy, it teaches them to fire their hips at the ball." I thought that was an interesting perspective and am not sure if it is good advice or not. I guess even if it was good advice there is a very fine line between a little heavy and too heavy.

Well done Liam,

I hope you remember Lee's goodness when you're a pro golfer and give something back.

USMALE both my little boys' enjoy smacking a ball round the paddock and course. They have a cut down clubs to use.

This Christmas I'll be buying the eldest (5 1/2 y.o.) a set. In Australia you can buy sets for age groups. A bag, buggy, a wood, 3 irons and putter for around $200.00.

The problem with a club that is to heavy the child ends up with a strange backswing as the club is to heavy so the lift it instead of taking the club away. Liam's problem was his swing speed, he has a very late hit and generates alot of speed at impact, once he reached 7 I had to cut down ladies clubs because the shafts are stiffer, now aged 10 he has a set of mens graphite regular shaft cobra's with a couple of inches lobed off so he can hit straight, when he has a go with one of the childs clubs at the golf club he hits a great hook.

So my advice would be go for a light shaft but it must be stiff enough if they start playing at a very young age like Liam did and build strengh, I have seen adults have a go for the first time and struggle to take the club back due to the weight.


Ian.

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Usmale,

When Liam was around 7, I remember he had a ladies 7 wood and 9 wood cut down, they are very light and easy to control, also seek out some very light irons and cut them down and put some junior grips on.

To answer your question I personally think it is more important to work on the correct swing instead of the out come, we used to do loads of chipping into nets/upturned umberella etc sometimes as far as 30-50yds, great fun and keeps them happy, he used a 7/9 woods as drivers and only had a couple of irons, now of course he has a full set of cobras, still has a 3 and 7 wood cobra composites (very light) and a Ben Sayers 12 degree driver all with graphite mens regular shafts.

You can take him to the course, I used to go when it was quite and use a buggy, tee Liam up on the 150 markers and 100yds on par threes, great fun for them, I used to do this about once every couple of months for a treat and it kept his enthusiam up for another game.


Ian.

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Cheers Ian

I will post a new thread on the subject, stop me from hijacking Liams Thread

Ed