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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.
A well-handled storyline about “the yips” explains and supports Simone Biles’ decision to avoid potential injury.
A complex system in the brain that keeps gymnasts balanced can get out of whack.
He had succumbed to what doctors call focal dystonia, golfers call the yips, and instrumentalists and scribblers, respectively, call musician’s cramp and writer’s cramp.
What’s behind the condition that every golfer dreads?
This is clearly not a matter of an athlete struggling with technical aspects of a skill or not being physically prepared. There’s something else at work here.
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.
“We are not really good at fully understanding the relationship between the brain and the mind, or the brain and performance."
Every baseball player fears the affliction, the sudden mental block that prevents them from making a routine throw. It goes by a funny name—the yips—but it is invisible and terrifying.
The yips can affect those who play sports such as golf, baseball, cricket, bowling, archery, darts or other things.
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