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Kadin Mahmet

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Kadin Mahmet has a passion for golf. He has coached at the collegiate level and has worked as an instructor specializing in youth athletics. You can follow Kadin on Twitter @BigKadin. "Like" Growing Up Golf on Facebook @ facebook.com/Growing.Up.Golf for more content.

 

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  Cobra brings the AMP Cell driver to junior golf

  Rickie Fowler’s impact on junior golf has been overwhelming to say the least. The massive amount of flat brims spotted on children at PGA Tour events are proof of that. Maybe that’s why Cobra has announced a...

  • Posted 18 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf: My Best Advice

  All good things must come to an end at some point and time. This will be the last installment of “Growing Up Golf.” Not to worry, I have plenty more to write about and there will be...

  • Posted 44 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 11: Mini Golf

  I remember the days of when I was a serious bowler back in the 1990s and glow-in-the-dark bowling was introduced to spark revenue after league play on Friday nights. Glow bowling was the same as regular bowling...

  • Posted 84 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 10: Mixing It Up

  As you learned in “Growing Up Golf Part 9: The Aggravation Factor” my daughter decided she wanted to leave half-way through her golf class last week. The reason for her early dismissal: she wasn’t having any fun....

  • Posted 96 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 9: The Aggravation Factor

  For you parents with little golfers ages 3 to 5 and maybe even beyond those ages, we need to talk about parent aggravation and frustration. There is going to come a time when your little golfer is...

  • Posted 108 days ago
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  Phelps can swim, but he hopes to “sink” with Ping

  Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps can swim — he has 70 medals in international competition that confirms it. But recently, he’s been spending more of his time learning how to sink — sink putts that is. Phelps...

  • Posted 110 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 8: Deliberate Practice

  Up to this point, I have been writing on topics that are geared towards the early stages of golf introduction and development for children. I would like to switch gears on this installment and discuss some interesting...

  • Posted 111 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 7: The Right Club

  Let’s journey back to my daughter’s third birthday. If you recall in Growing Up Golf Part 2, my wife and I ran into a minor problem with our daughter’s first set of real clubs. “The day of...

  • Posted 121 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 6: The Right Ball

  Click here to read all the articles in Kadin’s series, “Growing Up Golf.” At the beginning stages of your child’s development, you really don’t need to fuss about what golf ball your child uses. For the most...

  • Posted 124 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 5: Structured Play

  There will be a time when your child is going to cross over from “play time” to what I like to call “structured play time.” In the beginning stages of your child’s golf career you have been...

  • Posted 135 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 4: Lesson Time

  Click here to read more stories from Kadin’s series, “Growing Up Golf.” As my journey continues with my children and their golf careers I have started the search for the right instructor for when the time comes....

  • Posted 155 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 3: “Golf Association”

  Click here to read more stories from Kadin’s series, “Growing Up Golf.” Cold weather has reached Northwest Indiana. Though I have no issues going out and playing in 40 degree weather, most of my children’s adventures in...

  • Posted 186 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 2: Play Time

  Click here to read more stories from Kadin’s series, “Growing Up Golf.” As our daughter approached her third birthday, my wife and I thought it was time to move towards purchasing her some real golf clubs. Now...

  • Posted 215 days ago
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  Growing Up Golf Part 1: Introduction

  Click here to read more stories from Kadin’s series, “Growing Up Golf.” Like every parent who plays golf, I too want my children to love the game as much as I do. Besides the obvious benefits of...

  • Posted 224 days ago
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