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The Yips

What’s behind the condition that every golfer dreads?

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Are the Yips Real?

Anxiety and neurological factors come into play for athletes who suddenly lose their ability to perform in a way they excelled at for years.

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Why Is It Called the Yips?

The yips can affect those who play sports such as golf, baseball, cricket, bowling, archery, darts or other things.

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When Athletes Fail: The Science Behind ‘the Yips’

Given how commonly the yips are referenced in sports, it is surprisingly misunderstood.

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Is Fixing the Yips as Easy as Admitting You Have Them? A Yale Professor Makes the Case

It’s a theory of cognitive science called “ironic process theory,” which argues the more we try to suppress certain thoughts, the more likely we are to make them surface.

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Why Do Top Athletes Suddenly Develop “the Yips”—a Tendency to Choke under Pressure?

One suggested explanation is a neurological condition called focal dystonia that results in involuntary muscle contractions when performing a motor task and tends to affect a muscle group that is used frequently and repeatedly.

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