Overcoming The Yips by Focusing on The Process This week I’m following up on the theme of tinkering, but I’m going to focus on tinkering with your stroke mechanics… One reason why it’s hard to break the yips cycle is because you focus too much on mechanics instead of the process. Golf instructors might tell you that thinking about a … Putting Yips Article>>
Over-Thinking Your Mechanics I want to address one of the stages of the yips cycle that keeps you stuck–and often makes matters worse… What do you do after a bad putting round? How do you get back on track? You make changes, of course. But what changes do you make? Most golfers make changes with their stroke mechanics, set up, … Putting Yips Article>>
How to Handle Your Frustration With Putting Does the frustration from yipping cause a spill over effect into other areas of your game? According to one reader, David, he thinks that, on hit worst yipping days, it leaks into the rest of his game. He went on to say there are three reasons for this: I think everyone understand the … Putting Yips Article>>
Long Putting Yips Dave recently wrote me to say his putting yips are not mechanical nor technique related, but rather between the ears… Dave said: “I finished my worst-yipping round ever (42 putts), and headed straight for the practice green.” He went on to say… “I tossed down two balls and aimed at a hole about 30 feet away. The … Putting Yips Article>>
Confidence With Short Putts Having expectations for your golf game contributes to the yips cycle and here is why… Whether you expect to yip a shot or expect to make all three-footers, expectations don’t help you swing the club or putter freely. Expectations are unwritten demands that you place on yourself about your performance or golf scores. For example, “I … Putting Yips Article>>
Are You a Perfectionist? In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about managing perfectionism in athletes. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. Here’s the question Dr. Cohn answers this week about Overcoming Perfectionism In Athletes. … Putting Yips Article>>