Making Your High School Golf Team

Posted by Golfer on January 6th, 2008 at 07:37pm

It can be extremely hard to make your high school golf team. Most commonly, a high school golf team consists of about 15 kids. And when more then 15 kids try out, the high school needs to cut some from the team. And no one wants to be one of those kids to be cut. So I will share some pointers with you that may help you make your golf team.

First off, you always should play it safe. Lets say that you come up to a hole that is a dog leg right, around a big pond. You have the choice to either drive the ball into the fairway, or drive it over the pond, and onto the green. So you ask yourself, “What should I do?” The answer is you should play it safe and drive the ball into the fairway. You don’t want to take the risk of hitting your ball right into the water. If you hit the ball into the water, it would totally screw your score for that hole. Also, most coaches like to see kids playing it safe.

Also, when someone else hits there drive on a hole, coaches really like seeing other kids saying, “Nice Shot!” or “Good Ball!”. Even if it wasn’t the best shot in the world, when a coach is around, you should make those types of comments.

Everybody hits a bad shot while their on the coarse every once in a while. You need to practice keeping a good attitude after a bad shot. Coaches hate kids who will put there head down after grounding the ball or something like that. At the same token, after you hit an amazing shot, or just made a birdie on a hole, you shouldn’t jump up and down, or exclaim, “Yes!” or something like that. Coaches like kids who just stay calm, and keep the same attitude throughout their round.

You must practice golf all of the time, so you don’t become rusty. You need to go to your tryouts totally prepared. I suggest practicing golf 2 to 5 times a week, even during winter. You must really dedicate yourself. Do whatever you need to, in order to get as much golf practice in as possible. Just remember that practice makes perfect.

Those are probably the best pointers I can give you to make your high school golf team. I wish everybody the best of luck making the team.

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