roekevin1982
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any cures?????? suffering bad
look up v-easy on here. Great aid to get your shoulders rocking properly and keeping wrists out of the shotany cures?????? suffering bad
Hello Kevin and welcome
By chipping I assume you mean short shots from around the green.
Use your putting stance/stroke/grip with a 5 iron until you feel comfortable and accurate then just work your way down the clubs.
I tend to use an 8 iron where I can, try to avoid using anything higher than a 9 iron.
any cures?????? suffering bad
Hello Kevin and welcome
By chipping I assume you mean short shots from around the green.
Use your putting stance/stroke/grip with a 5 iron until you feel comfortable and accurate then just work your way down the clubs.
I tend to use an 8 iron where I can, try to avoid using anything higher than a 9 iron.
thankyou for all the relpys, all taking on board my biggest problem is chipping the ball with a card in hand, i partice good then when i get to the course my action brakes down, with every short shot, need a way to get of getting partice to the course,
thankyou for all the relpys, all taking on board my biggest problem is chipping the ball with a card in hand, i partice good then when i get to the course my action brakes down, with every short shot, need a way to get of getting partice to the course,
'chipping yips' will impact a 7iron as much as a wedge, as anyone who has experienced them will tell you. it can strike the most competent of golfers (as can putting) and is closer to a complete inability to take the club away from the ball than simply gettting the ground when using a wedge etc
the only cure is to rebuild your confidence, which in itself will require competence, such that the only thing you eventually consider when playing the shots is the positive outcomes, and the ball going in the hole.
this process starts with good lies and easy shots - as above this will be an 8 iron from the fringe to a flat green (or sloping toward you) to prove that 'it's easy' to you inner demons. then gradually moving on over time to the same underlying shot with a lob wedge in a poor lie 5 yds above a steeply sloping away from you green with water the other side!
it's about being able to perform under pressure - generally with such yips you create the pressure, and it grows until you just can't perform.
you can't cure it but you can do your best to conquer it
to anyone who truly believes they don't suffer in any way from performance related pressure I suggest you go into the garden and hit a few short lob shots from good lies - then place a nice pane of glass on it's edge 6ft in front of you and play the same shots over this - even better if you have a greenhouse and can play shots over that..... the latter will emulate the way a yip sufferer can feel faced with a really simple chip from the edge of a green!
easiest way to drop the pressure on yourself is to accept that you wont hole this chip but happy to get it in a general area. this reduces the pressure although it is in complete contrast to many that say to concentrate on a small area. (see luke in the vid above).
aiming at a small area is fine if your chipping well. not for someone who has the yips.
i would like to see a video of this. its something none suffers find hard to comprehend.
'chipping yips' will impact a 7iron as much as a wedge, as anyone who has experienced them will tell you. it can strike the most competent of golfers (as can putting) and is closer to a complete inability to take the club away from the ball than simply gettting the ground when using a wedge etc
the only cure is to rebuild your confidence, which in itself will require competence, such that the only thing you eventually consider when playing the shots is the positive outcomes, and the ball going in the hole.
this process starts with good lies and easy shots - as above this will be an 8 iron from the fringe to a flat green (or sloping toward you) to prove that 'it's easy' to you inner demons. then gradually moving on over time to the same underlying shot with a lob wedge in a poor lie 5 yds above a steeply sloping away from you green with water the other side!
it's about being able to perform under pressure - generally with such yips you create the pressure, and it grows until you just can't perform.
you can't cure it but you can do your best to conquer it
to anyone who truly believes they don't suffer in any way from performance related pressure I suggest you go into the garden and hit a few short lob shots from good lies - then place a nice pane of glass on it's edge 6ft in front of you and play the same shots over this - even better if you have a greenhouse and can play shots over that..... the latter will emulate the way a yip sufferer can feel faced with a really simple chip from the edge of a green!
'chipping yips' will impact a 7iron as much as a wedge, as anyone who has experienced them will tell you. it can strike the most competent of golfers (as can putting) and is closer to a complete inability to take the club away from the ball than simply gettting the ground when using a wedge etc
the only cure is to rebuild your confidence, which in itself will require competence, such that the only thing you eventually consider when playing the shots is the positive outcomes, and the ball going in the hole.
this process starts with good lies and easy shots - as above this will be an 8 iron from the fringe to a flat green (or sloping toward you) to prove that 'it's easy' to you inner demons. then gradually moving on over time to the same underlying shot with a lob wedge in a poor lie 5 yds above a steeply sloping away from you green with water the other side!
it's about being able to perform under pressure - generally with such yips you create the pressure, and it grows until you just can't perform.
you can't cure it but you can do your best to conquer it