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The Yips & mental health challenges

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The Best Drill to Fix your Chipping Yips Forever | Mr. Short Game

How do you fix your chipping yips? In this video I show you how can can have a world class short game and hit the shots you want without fear of the chunk, skull or whatever else messes you up around the greens.

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2019
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The Yips, Potential CTE-Depression Link and More

— New sports psychology articles raise research questions.

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Ryan Basen
2017
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Like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, I’ve Stepped Away from Competition Because of Performance Anxiety.

Out in the chalk circle, my vision became tunneled, my stomach tied in knots, and I felt like I couldn’t hear anything but my own racing thoughts.

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Amelia Jarecke
2021
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My Yips Story

A former collegiate softball player talks about her struggles with mental health and the Yips during her career.

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2020
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Simone Biles and ‘the Twisties’: How Fear Affects Safety in Gymnasts

If her brain won’t play along with what her body knows how to do, she could be seriously injured.

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Simone Biles
2021
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What “Ted Lasso” Could Help Us to Understand about Athletes Protecting their Mental Health

A well-handled storyline about “the yips” explains and supports Simone Biles’ decision to avoid potential injury.

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Melanie McFarland
2021
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