How to Simplify Your Putting Mark, a golfer who had the yips wrote me last month to say that he had stopped his tinkering with putting and was putting much better… “Dr. Cohn.. amazing! I have not had the yips since you posted my comment about reading books on putting and how it triggered the yips. Somehow reading that story … Putting Yips Article>>
What to Focus on When Putting Last week, I wrote about the problems with labeling your putts. This week, I want to talk about golfers who focus too much on missing shots… When you struggle with any part of your game, the tendency is to focus more on not missing shots or putts instead of making them. Some of the … Putting Yips Article>>
What Makes The Length of The Putt so Difficult? Some golfers struggle with a certain distance when putting. You might do well with long putts, but struggle on short putts. Or you might struggle only with longer putts that require more touch. Why would one length of putt give you fits on the green? Does your smooth stroke on 10-20 … 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>>
Drills to Overcome The Yips What’s the number one drill to help you overcome the yips? This is the topic of a recent question one golfer asked in my golf yips survey: “With all your experience, what would be the number one drill/advice that works for ‘most’ golfers you work with?” The honest answer is that I don’t have one … Putting Yips Article>>
Discovering if You Have The Yips How do you know you have the yips or if you have a stroke problem? When you have the yips, you: When the stroke is causing the misses: The yips are caused by fear of missing or yipping again and how that will affect your score or what others might think about your game. … Putting Yips Article>>