Tuesday 21st March 2017.
I am currently teaching a 10 handicap golfer with the talent to be in single figures.
In his first lesson we corrected a very closed stance. In the second lesson we corrected the ball position and we ensured his left arm and club were in line at address – he is right handed.
He then mentioned a phrase called Six Sigma. ‘what is that? ‘ I asked him. He went on to explain that I was teaching him with the principles outlined in Six Sigma.
I googled the phrase and discovered it was first used in 1986 by an engineer, Bill Smith, who was working for Motorola. Six Sigma is a process that attempts to eliminate all of the defects in any manufacturing process .This is clearly impossible but the more defects that are removed the better the end result will be.
I have used this process for many many years in my lessons. The better the stance, posture and grip ( 75% of the shot) then the back swng (20% of the shot) will be improved and so will the remaing 5% and hence more consistent shots.
I have learned a new phrase and every day is a learning curve.
CONCLUSION
No one is truly consistent but by reducing as many damaging elements as possible we can all be a little more consistent.
