The Golf Parent, episode 23
Avoiding Burnout: How to Keep Your Junior Golfer Motivated and Healthy with Kevin Sprecher
2025-05-12
In this must listen episode of The Golf Parent Podcast, I sit down with renowned PGA Golf Instructor Kevin Sprecher, a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher in America and longtime mentor to elite junior and collegiate golfers. Kevin shares his wealth of experience, highlighting the delicate balance betwee
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.
Free play on the short game area: hitting every possible shot with every wedge for hours, as Cameron Young did growing up.
Kevin Sprecher (coach) · The Golf Parent
Wedges · Making practice fun · Practice structure
Overloading young kids with structured hours leads to burnout.
Kevin Sprecher (coach) · The Golf Parent
Practice structure · Multisport · First tournament
College coaches often say "give me a kid with speed," because hitting it far is harder to learn than hitting it straight.
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Speed and distance
Range game is often 10 to 15 shots better than course game. Get kids playing on the course, not just the range.
Kevin Sprecher (coach) · The Golf Parent
Making practice fun · Practice structure
If you can, get a coach; being both parent and coach creates friction. If you must coach, do mostly parenting, let the kid guide it, and don't inject YouTube tips or your own swing ideas.
Kevin Sprecher (coach) · The Golf Parent
Parent role · Choosing a coach · Expectations and pressure