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Charles Barkley: Golf Yips Cures! Doctor Explains Science of the Yips

2021

Charles Barkley has long been known for having some of the worst yips in his golf swing ever, yet now it appears the NBA hall of famer has fixed his swing and cured his golf swing yips! In this video we’ll review the science of the yips (there’s more than you’d think) and review what was... See more...

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How to Stay Calm Under Pressure—Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen

Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most.

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2018
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Are the Yips Really the Greatest Threat to a Golfer?

Feared and dismissed in equal proportion, the yips were once endowed with an almost mythical status. Previously an ailment exclusive to golfers, in recent years participants from sports as varied as snooker and basketball have been diagnosed with the condition.

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2018
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How to Cure the Putting Yips, Part 1

Let’s look at the first step in curing the putting yips.

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2018
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Mayo Clinic Researchers Uncover Methods to Quantify the Yips and Golfer’s Cramp

Almost every golfer knows the feeling. Minutes after a picture-perfect drive down the fairway, a cascade of inexplicable missed putts leads to a disappointing triple bogey. Golfers’ lapses in play sometimes are blamed on a mysterious twitching condition called “the yips.

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2018
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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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End the Baseball Yips with Energy Psychology: Tapping

The goal is to get you back to playing with freedom. You can follow along to this video while thinking about your own stressful performance.

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2017
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Explaining the Throwing Yips

In our new video series, Dr. Patrick Cohn talks about the throwing yips in baseball. Here’s the topic Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week: How do the yips start? Where do they come from? In this video you’ll learn my philosophy about the yips cycle.

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2017
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Cause of the “Yips”

The Yips are a sudden twitch or jerk that strikes a golfer as he prepares to take a swing. Now, researches at the Mayo Clinic have looked into the cause of the yips and are closer to figuring out what causes that annoying jerk or twitch in some golfers. Dr.

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2011
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Your Imperfect Pitching Story—A Story about the Yips

A story about the Yips. Our hope is that this story will help someone going through the yips or something similar.

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2016
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Michael Breed—Controlling the Yips

Gold instructor Michael Breed shares ideas on dealing with the yips.

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2010
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