Tiger has the pitching yips

[Kurt in Kalamazoo]

It appears that Tiger Woods has a case of the pitching yips - so I'd like to offer some advice. I've struggled with the pitching yips myself - they just fade into my game now and then until they fade out as mysteriously as they appear. So when I get the pitching yips - I change my pitching grip to a simple baseball grip. I've learned from experience that when you get the yips - you have to do something radically different in your technique to temporarily "confuse" your brain and make it focus on doing something new and different.

So when my pitching yips fade into my game I simply use a baseball grip when I chip and just focus on going back and through. And I also aim a little to the right of my target because I tend to pull my chips to the left when I use my baseball grip. But the key thing is this temporary technique works for me and I don't yip my chips. And I continue doing this for 2 or 3 weeks and usually by then I can go back to my normal interlocking grip when I chip.

So Tiger (and anyone else who is struggling with the pitching yips) - give my technique a try and see if it works for you. When you start to have pitching "issues" - go to a simple baseball grip and hopefully you too will be able to "kiss your yips goodbye."

 

[palindromicbob]

No doubt our resident Yips expert will be along soon. But thanks for a plain and simple tip Kurt. I predict this thread with get more complicated shortly.

 

[Duckster]

*popcorn opened*

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Oh dear. Yips...Tiger.... Really?

 

[drdel]

He may not be back on his 'A' game; but his 'B' game still make him a darn good golfer.

Take the likes of Garcia, Westwood, D Johnson, Casey etc. etc. who are allowed to be 'off' without being torn apart. Tiger's skills have had him at the top pf the sport for a very long time and I wouldn't be surprised to him get back up in contention for titles again.