Where do the Driver Yips Come From? How can you get rid of the yips? These questions steadily flow into our Golf Yips Survey. Golfing with the yips can be terrifying, maddening, frustrating, and depressing. Ultimately, the yips can cause you to question your abilities as a golfer and the feasibility of ridding yourself of this performance block. Imagine stepping … Putting Yips Article>>
Discover Your Warning Signs to Avoid Putting Yips Are there any warning signs for the yips? Is it possible to prevent the yips from popping up in your game? In our Golf Mental Game Survey, many golfers express their frustration with the yips. In most instances, golfers request help to overcome the yips after having the yips for an extended … Putting Yips Article>>
Quick answer: Yes, golfers can overcome the yips, but waiting for them to disappear does not work. Dr. Cohn explains how distractions and worry fuel the yips and shares tips to break free. Why Distractions Can Lead to Yips The yips are shrouded in uncertainty. Throughout the golfing world, there are many questions about the yips: What are the yips? … Putting Yips Article>>
Quick answer: There is no quick fix for the yips. Dr. Cohn’s approach is mental: stop searching for new mechanics or equipment and work on the fear and over control behind the yips cycle. Looking for quick answers? Browse the Golf Yips FAQ. The Only Way to Overcome Yips As a golfer, nothing’s better than waking up early on a … Putting Yips Article>>
How Speed of Play Affects the Yips In our survey, we’ve had a ton of questions about how to overcome the yips. One golfer who has been struggling with the yips recently commented: “I am an ex-hockey player. I consider myself an athlete. The yips have hit me hard in a place where I am struggling to find an answer … Putting Yips Article>>
Strategies to Overcome The Putting Yips Golf is a challenging and sometimes frustrating game… One day you are playing great and the next day you are hitting the ball all over the place. So, how do golfers respond to having a bad round? Many of these golfers go the “figure things out” route. This can be a very slippery slope … Putting Yips Article>>
This LPGA Player Overcame The Yips “Will I be able to get over it?” “Is the yips something that can be cured?” These are the thoughts in the minds of golfers who feel trapped by the yips. It’s an uneasy feeling when you feel like a novice just learning the game despite playing the game for a number of years. … Putting Yips Article>>
How to Recover From The Yips The unwritten rule about the yips is… Don’t think about the yips… Don’t mention the yips… Don’t talk about the yips… Don’t admit you have the yips! Most golfers refuse to utter the word “yips” as if they have a terminal disease that will ruin their game forever. There is no doubt that the … Putting Yips Article>>
Winning the Battle of the Mind in Golf What words describe how you feel in the moments before you hit a short putt? Tentative? Anxious? Fearful? Doubtful? Scattered? Overwhelmed? Do you second-guess yourself even though the putt is not particularly difficult? These are the feelings and words golfers use to describe their experience when entrenched with the yips. Now, let’s … Putting Yips Article>>
Keys to Overcome The Yips in Golf Frustration is the one emotion a golfer cannot afford to carry from hole to hole. Yet every golfer has experienced frustration after missing a fairway, landing in the water, pushing a putt past the cup or double bogeying in the middle of one of their best rounds. You can probably identify several instances … Putting Yips Article>>
Quick answer: Tommy Fleetwood’s driver, once his biggest strength, was taken over by the yips and he sat 40th on the European Tour in 2016. Dr. Cohn explains how negative thoughts and over control feed the full-swing yips, and how changing your thoughts helps you let go. How to Stop The Full Swing Yips Yips is a dirty four-letter word … Putting Yips Article>>
Do You Have an Avoidance Mindset in Putting? Mark wrote in recently to share his view of the yips cycle… “The biggest thing I see is a shift in mindset from opportunity (chance to make birdie) to fear (just don’t 3 putt),” Mark said. Well said. I totally agree… I call this shift into an avoidance mindset. You focus more … Putting Yips Article>>
Quick answer: When putting, focus on your line and pace, not on your stroke. Watching the putter or a spot on the ball invites over-thinking, and Dr. Cohn warns it can create the hit impulse. Focusing on Your Line or Pace When Putting I was working with one of my yips students this week. He said that he always looks … Putting Yips Article>>
How to Beat The Yips in Golf The yips are not solely a putting issue. The yips can occur in any part of a golfer’s game. No matter where the yips manifest, the mental anguish can ruin a golfer for prolonged periods of time. The yips are not the inability to make shots… Actually, the yips are the inability to … Putting Yips Article>>
Taking Practice Putting to The Course In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Don who wants to know why golfers struggle on the greens when putting. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental game question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast … Putting Yips Article>>
Quick answer: To control putting nerves, start by understanding why you feel nervous and why you stab or jerk at impact. Dr. Cohn says there is no quick remedy for the yips, and below he shares two options for overcoming fear on the greens. How Do You Control Your Nerves When Putting? The moment you walk on the green to … Putting Yips Article>>