{"id":73534,"date":"2020-06-02T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=73534"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:11:33","slug":"developing-putting-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/healthy-active-living\/healthy-active-living-all-grades\/skill-development\/developing-putting-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Putting Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73535\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280.jpg\" alt=\"A blue golf ball and metal golf putter leaning up against a 2 wooden posts that are tied together with rope, anchored in green artificial turf.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-165x124.jpg 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-945x709.jpg 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/sport-3268447_1280-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Skill Development: Targeting a Specific Skill<\/h5>\n<p>The key to getting children active and keeping them interested in developing their physical skills, is to keep it fun. According to Golf Digest, the best way to teach children beginning golf skills is through games. A very important golf skill to learn is the skill of putting. Kids of all ages love mini-putt, so why not make your own course and have fun putting!<\/p>\n<h3>Equipment needed:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Recyclables such as cardboard boxes, plastic containers, plastic lids, scrap paper, or paper tubes, etc<\/li>\n<li>Something to use for a golf putter, such as a toy or real putter, a broomstick handle or stick that you tape a rectangular piece of cardboard or plastic to its end can also work<\/li>\n<li>A small ball, or you can make one with crumpled up paper and tape<\/li>\n<li>You may want markers, scissors and\/or tape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73537\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed.png 960w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed-165x124.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed-945x709.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed-750x563.png 750w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/06\/imageLikeEmbed-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>Game #1: Indoor Mini-Putt<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use any household items (e.g a box that you cut holes or openings into, or different size plastic containers that you lie on their sides to tap a ball into)<\/li>\n<li>Create an indoor mini-putt hole to test out your putting skills.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a point system and different ways to earn points and then encourage your family members to try it out.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge yourself to reach a particular score, or to get a \u201chole-in-one\u201d at each hole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Game #2: Mini-Putt Course<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Similar to Game #1, use any household items to create 5 or more mini-putt \u201choles\u201d (e.g. small boxes or plastic containers that are placed on their sides and secured somehow can work well, or building blocks or Lego can be used to build \u201chouses\u201d with openings for a small ball to be tapped into, paper tubes are also great materials to use)<\/li>\n<li>Design a course. Be creative and don\u2019t forget to add a few trickier \u201choles\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Add a point value of your choice to each hole.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge a family member to a friendly game of mini-putt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adapted from: the <a href=\"https:\/\/mktg.mlbstatic.com\/bluejays\/downloads\/jays-care\/kids-challenges\/week-10\/Week10Challenges_Day3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Jays Unstoppable Challenges<\/a> site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key to getting children active and keeping them interested in developing their physical skills, is to keep it fun. According to Golf Digest, the best way to teach children beginning golf skills is through games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72439,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73534\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}