You really do spout some nonsense. Show me evidence that they are prone. Rotella says it's in the mind and therefore can be controlled and as others said a lot of pros seem to agree, Have your read the book "Putting out of your mind"
Putting Yips
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You really do spout some nonsense. Show me evidence that they are prone. Rotella says it's in the mind and therefore can be controlled and as others said a lot of pros seem to agree, Have your read the book "Putting out of your mind"
I've had lessons to try and cure the problem with a conventional putting grip. The general advice has been to stick to using the claw grip, because I putt quite well that way. I have now ordered this book from Amazon, but I doubt that it will work, as I have read up almost as much as I can on the yips without finding a cure. BTW I can often putt reasonably well using a standard reverse overlap grip, but there is always a yip waiting to happen, particularly if it's a pressure putt. If Bernhardt Langer, who allegedly has the strongest mind in golf, can't beat them, what chance do I have?
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I've had lessons to try and cure the problem with a conventional putting grip. The general advice has been to stick to using the claw grip, because I putt quite well that way. I have now ordered this book from Amazon, but I doubt that it will work, as I have read up almost as much as I can on the yips without finding a cure. BTW I can often putt reasonably well using a standard reverse overlap grip, but there is always a yip waiting to happen, particularly if it's a pressure putt. If Bernhardt Langer, who allegedly has the strongest mind in golf, can't beat them, what chance do I have?
Think you'll find Langer's senior record would indicate that he's found a way to beat them
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I think we'll see if he's beat them when he's not allowed to anchor his putter any more and has to rely on his hands doing what they're told.
I'm sure he'll find a way, but I'd be willing to bet it won't be with a conventional length putter and grip.
I'm sure he'll find a way, but I'd be willing to bet it won't be with a conventional length putter and grip.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I have read Rotellas book. It doesn't help. At all. It's fine for those with poor technique who get hung up on mechanics, but won't stop the yips. Yes, it's a mental thing, and no, reading a book won't stop it.
Spending a fortune on a head shrink, not a book, now we are talking!
Spending a fortune on a head shrink, not a book, now we are talking!
Foxholer
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garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Your body does absolutely nothing without the brain telling it so. if its anything, its 100% mental.
The best way to describe the yips is a feeling that the putter goes off in your hands without you having any control over it! A sort of jerky twitch or spasm.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Your brain controls every aspect of movement. Conscious or unconscious. a dead man has never yipped a putt. :rofl:
the_coach
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“That was something I discovered by trial and error,†he told me. “Focussing my eyes and my attention on something different—anything to not anticipate the hit, anything to not anticipate the moment of contact with the ball.†In his new swing, he glanced at the ball only briefly, at the very beginning of his routine; during the actual swing, he kept his eyes on the brim of his cap. "
Hank Haney speaking about the 'yips' that affected him with the driver. the quote taken from an article in The New Yorker. long piece about many aspects of the 'syndrome'
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/26/the-yips (go to address in new window it should open)
Hank Haney speaking about the 'yips' that affected him with the driver. the quote taken from an article in The New Yorker. long piece about many aspects of the 'syndrome'
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/26/the-yips (go to address in new window it should open)
He's never made a putt either! :mmm:
But with the yips there seems to be a disconnect between your brain and the parts of the body you are trying to control! This is a recognised medical/neurological condition called Focal Dystonia, which doesn't only affect golfers btw.
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Baldy Bouncer
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All aboard the Magic Roundabout.....................again.
Joff
Challenge Tour Pro
Having had the yips, and cured with the claw grip, I can say it matters not if the brain controls the twitch, or stab at the ball. You don't have control over it! As much as you'd like to.
I think I may have found my salvation in the form of a Super Stroke Slim 3.0 putter grip. I had previously tried the cricket bat handle sized 5.0 version, but that didn't work - too big and clumsy. The 3.0 seems to fit nicely in my hands. I forced myself to putt conventionally with this grip this morning and took 37 putts. Not as good as I would expect with the claw grip, but only 3 three-putts (all from long distance) and 2 one-putts, and I didn't yip any of them. This grip seemed to remove any wristiness from putting stroke. Many of my putts went pretty close without actually dropping in, so worth persevering.
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c1973
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A form of the yips pretty much destroyed Eric Bristows darts career, it affects more than golfers.
I believe is was called "Dartitis" at the time, and was an inability to let go of the dart at the right moment. Bowlers in cricket can get something similar in letting go of the ball. A yip in his cue action was the reason why Stephen Hendry retired from Professional Snooker.
34 putts today with the oversized grip. 3 one-putts and 1 three-putt, and still no yips with a standard right below left reverse overlap grip. I can only think that the larger grip makes me use a different set of muscles that are not (yet) prone to the yips!
Baldy Bouncer
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^^^^Give it time
I hope to get 20 years out of it, by which time I should be dead or not playing golf anymore (being already a vet)!^^^^Give it time
