Adaptive Golf
Importance
Adaptive golf offers an excellent opportunity to work on coordination, motor planning, and self-regulation in children with autism. It’s a low-impact activity that allows children to learn at their own pace in a calm, structured environment.
Benefits
It encourages focus, patience, and self-regulation. It helps develop both fine and gross motor skills, as well as spatial awareness and accuracy. It can be practiced individually or in small groups, promoting social inclusion.
Physical Goals
Improve hand-eye coordination
Develop movement precision
Work on stability and postural control
Strengthen arm and core muscles
Social Goals
Increase ability to wait for turns
Follow step-by-step instructions
Participate in games with simple rules
Build social interaction in quiet environments
Neuroscience Support
Golf involves anticipatory motor planning, sustained attention, and sensory regulation. Repetition of sequential movements helps develop the motor cortex and strengthen procedural memory. It’s ideal to stimulate executive functions without overwhelming the nervous system.
Explore our digital guide ‘Let’s Golf the Spectrum,’ designed to teach golf step-by-step to children with autism, including playful activities, visual strategies, and adaptations by skill level.