The Best Golf Exercises for Junior Golfers with Shaun Diachkoff

<p>Shaun Diachkoff is the founder of Fairway Performance is TPI certified in both fitness and power.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode I sit down with Shaun to work out what golf parents should actually be doing, for their kids and for themselves. He is a golf dad too. His 5 year old just hit a 93 yard drive on a launch monitor. And Shaun says the most important thing you can do for your child&#39;s training has almost nothing to do with your child.</p><p><br></p><p>🎯 Key Takeaways </p><p><br></p><p>- Why your lower back is where golfers feel pain but almost never where the problem actually is</p><p>- The 10 to 20 minute daily mobility routine Shaun gives most clients, and the 3 areas it targets: hips, thoracic spine, shoulders</p><p>- The rep range mistake: 8 to 12 reps builds size, 4 to 6 builds the strength golfers actually want, and most of us have been doing the wrong one since university</p><p>- Core bracing is not pulling your stomach in. Shaun&#39;s Coke can explanation reframes it completely</p><p>- Why he calls the deadlift the most underrated exercise in golf, plus the Pendlay position 1, 2, 3 method for learning it without wrecking your back</p><p>- When to introduce weights to a junior golfer, why &quot;swing as hard as you can&quot; is the instruction before that point, and what puberty has to do with the timing</p><p>- Squat, hinge, push, pull: what each one gives a golf swing, from holding posture to keeping the face square at impact</p><p>- The Bulgarian split squat standard that separates most people from tour level lower body strength</p><p>- Shaun&#39;s advice for parents: look in the mirror first, because kids copy what you do, not what you tell them</p><p><br></p><p>⏱ Episode Chapters</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Welcome to The Golf Parent</p><p>01:36 The fitness mistake almost every golf dad makes</p><p>03:31 Three movements to master if you only have 20 minutes</p><p>04:39 What the thoracic spine is and why your swing depends on it</p><p>05:04 Undoing the modern hunch: posture, desks, and daily habits</p><p>08:38 What actually goes first as golfers age</p><p>09:20 Why your lower back hurts when your lower back is not the culprit</p><p>10:29 Building your bomber&#39;s blueprint: assess before you build</p><p>13:19 The rep range mistake: 8 to 12 builds size, 4 to 6 builds strength</p><p>16:29 What Rory does, and what is actually worth copying</p><p>19:52 Training kids by age: what comes before weights</p><p>21:01 Look in the mirror: your ki