tsped83
Tour Winner
Try Dave Stockton's book. Somewhere in the middle of Rotellas airy fairy guff and the complicated stuff in Pelz's books.
Putting Yips
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Try Dave Stockton's book. Somewhere in the middle of Rotellas airy fairy guff and the complicated stuff in Pelz's books.
Actually I got quite a good tip from Ken Brown in the latest edition of Golf Monthly. That is to keep your body as still as possible during the putting stroke. Think I might have been allowing my shoulders to turn through the stroke. Seemed to work on the practice green anyway.
the_coach
Journeyman Pro
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...:283155,k:how+to+cure+putting+yips+frank+muir
no idea if this is any use to a sufferer (not bought or read) but seems a small outlay to undertake on a gamble that it may help some
guessing as he's originally from the UK (dual citizenship) it gotta be available over there
although him being a crime novelist does not seem an immediate qualification but as it seems he played golf guessing this written from the angle of having been a sufferer
no idea if this is any use to a sufferer (not bought or read) but seems a small outlay to undertake on a gamble that it may help some
guessing as he's originally from the UK (dual citizenship) it gotta be available over there
although him being a crime novelist does not seem an immediate qualification but as it seems he played golf guessing this written from the angle of having been a sufferer
Common sense. Any coaching manual will tell you to be as still as possible
mchase
Newbie
I don't know if anyone has suggested this to you but I am a leftie and changed to right handed for putting and yips disappeared immediately. I now use my son's old putter so it didn't cost me a penny. I thought I'd try it for a couple of months but that was 2 years ago - I won't change back now! Good luck
One of my golfing friends got the yips so badly that the only way he could putt was left handed, despite being right handed in every other respect. :mmm:
P.S. The weirdest putting style I have seen is an old guy who uses a right-handed broomhandle putter left handed, with the toe hanging downwards!
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chrisd
Major Champion
I played with a guy who had a real dose of the putting and chipping yips big time. However, he never practiced and that gave him less chance of improving, he did, however, move to a broom handle putter and that helped enormously even to the extent that he would putt from ridiculous lengths if he could.
I think that his woes (particularly chipping) came from a really poor technique and the unwillingness to have lessons to help the problem then, because he knew that he was most likely to hit a bad shot, he got even more nervous and it got even more a problem till he just couldn't do it.
So, my conclusion is that the yips are self made and probably avoidable.
I think that his woes (particularly chipping) came from a really poor technique and the unwillingness to have lessons to help the problem then, because he knew that he was most likely to hit a bad shot, he got even more nervous and it got even more a problem till he just couldn't do it.
So, my conclusion is that the yips are self made and probably avoidable.
Hmmm! After several reasonably solid rounds of golf using an oversized grip, plus a good session on the practice green before going out and almost holing a very long putt for a birdie on the 4th hole. I had a fit of the yips in Spades on the 5th green, 4 putting from 8 feet. After that it was back to the good old reliable claw grip! Maybe the oversize grip is not the cure for the yips I hoped it would be! Seemed to get my putting stroke back on the practice green after the round. :mmm:
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Baldy Bouncer
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Delc - I don't have the yips but I have just gone over to trying the claw grip. It's working for me. Why not give it a go, nothing to lose. Best of luck as it must be frustrating.
I've been using the claw grip for the last 14 years. It does have some disadvantages, which is why I am trying to go back to a more conventional grip.
Okay. It is new to me so I am still in the honeymoon period where putts are sinking.
Think I have sorted my problem out on the practice green. In trying to keep my body still, I was forgetting to rock my shoulders!
Del
GM appear to have heard your plight and are here to help http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/tips/putting/how-to-cure-the-putting-yips-83211
Enjoy and hope the putting is still OK :thup::thup::thup::cheers::cheers:
