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Are you ready to play? Keep reading for activities you and your junior athlete can do at home to up your tennis games! Before you get started, make sure to warm up to prepare your bodies for physical exercise. REVIEW: FOREHAND INSTRUCTION Before you move on to ACTIVITY 1: FOUR DOT FOREHAND, prepare by reviewing the forehand stroke with […]

Are you ready to play? Keep reading for activities you and your junior golfer can do at home to up your golf games! Before you get started, make sure to warm up to prepare your bodies for physical exercise. ACTIVITY 1: CHIPPING INSTRUCTION Before you move on to ACTIVITY 2: TIC-TAC-TOE, prepare by reviewing GASP and the […]

TGA sessions are often kids’ first experience with a particular sport, and we pride ourselves on creating safe and nourishing environments for learning and having fun. Starting a new class, or camp can be scary, especially if it is the first event with a new organization. Even as adults’ new social settings can be intimidating. […]

Are you ready to play? Keep reading for activities you and your junior player can do at home to up your tennis games! Before you get started, make sure to warm up to prepare your bodies for physical exercise. ACTIVITY 1: FOREHAND INSTRUCTION Before you move on to ACTIVITY 2: WALL BALL, prepare by reviewing how […]

Are you ready to play? Keep reading for activities you and your little golfer can do at home to up your games! Before you get started, make sure to warm up to prepare your bodies for physical exercise and review our GASP primer, otherwise known as Grip, Aim, Stance, and Posture. Let us know how your at-home […]

March is Women’s History Month and there are countless women in sports who are wonderful role models for our daughters and sons. These athletes not only excelled on the course, court, or field, they earned Olympic medals, started charities to help children, became coaches, and they all blazed a trail for young athletes, everywhere. Stephanie […]

A wonderful junior golf competition was created in 2013 by the Masters Tournament, United States Golf Association, and The PGA of American called Drive, Chip and Putt. The initiative was established to grow the game of golf by hosting fun competitions surrounding the three fundamental skills in golf. Drive, Chip and Putt is a perfect […]

In June of 2009, at Sycamore Hills Golf Course in Macomb, MI, Danielle Staskowski attended TGA’s very first summer camp session. She was an enthusiastic 7-year-old who was clearly falling in love with the game. This spring, Staskowski will be finishing her freshman year at Central Michigan University and her first season competing on the […]

Start your Valentine’s Day off with a fun activity that your family can do together, making breakfast! The easiest way to add some Valentine cheer to the morning is serving up some red pancakes — just add a little food coloring to the mix prior to cooking! You can also make heart-shaped pancakes. Using a […]

TGA success stories are different for every child in the program; from playing a sport for the first time to moving through the programs and competing in high school. Every success story invigorates the TGA mission to combine athletics, academics and life lessons in a fun, affordable youth program. For nine-year-old Jake, his TGA pathway […]