The Golf Parent, episode 19
How Early Specialization Could Be Hurting Your Junior Golfer with Dale Abraham
2025-04-14
In this insightful episode of The Golf Parent Podcast, I sit down with renowned golf coach Dale Abraham to discuss key strategies for developing junior golfers using the American Development Model (ADM). Dale sheds light on how the ADM emphasizes age appropriate training, fundamental movement patte
Tips paraphrased from The Golf Parent (hosted by Ryan Addams). These are our summaries from machine transcripts, not quotes, and times are approximate. All credit to the shows and their guests; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Randomize practice and play competitive games (e.g. up and down challenges against other juniors).
Dale Abraham (coach) · The Golf Parent
Making practice fun · Practice structure · Parent role
After the round self evaluation: How was my game? What did I do well? What not as well? Then set 2 to 3 keys for the next day.
Dale Abraham (coach) · The Golf Parent
Making practice fun · Talking after a round
Putting circle ("tornado") drill around the hole instead of a straight ladder, with a set number of attempts to create pressure and keep it time boxed.
Dale Abraham (coach) · The Golf Parent
Putting · Practice structure · Expectations and pressure
Use a short game "handicap test" (a condensed version takes under 45 min) to score chipping/pitching and track progress.
Dale Abraham (coach) · The Golf Parent
Chipping and pitching · Making practice fun · Expectations and pressure