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Be the first to review “YIPPS OR YIPPEE - ON-THE-COURSE GAMBLING CHIPS FOR GOLFERS ” Cure the Yips.AVI - YouTube Cure the Yips.AVI Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jul 27, 2010 The yips are a movement disorder known to interfere with putting. The term yips is said to have been popularized by Tommy Armour — a golf champion and later golf teacher — to explain the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. In describing the yips, golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks. The yips affects between one-quarter and one-half of all mature golfers. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that 33 percent to 48 percent of all serious golfers have experienced the yips.

Golfers who have played for more than 25 years appear to be most prone to the condition. Golfers seriously afflicted by the yips include Bernhard Langer, Ben Hogan, Harry Vardon, and Sam Snead, whose late-career putting was "painful to watch" according to fellow pro golfer Ben Crenshaw. Although the exact cause of the yips has yet to be determined, one possibility is that, in some golfers, the condition may result from biochemical changes in the brain that accompany aging. Excessive use of the involved muscles and intense demands of coordination and concentration may make the problem worse. The yips are most commonly associated with putting, and PurePutt has been designed to aid in the correction of the yips. Category Service Yips | Talk Tennis Service Yips moonbat , Jul 9, 2008 Hi all, During Wimbledon, Pam Shriver commented that Sharapova will always have problems with her serve because she gets the yips. Shriver said that once one gets the yips, they will never go away completely, and can show up again at any time.

She said that Sharapova's chances to win another Major would depend on whether the yips show up during the tournament. I found this to be disturbing and comforting at the same time. I've had service toss problems for years, and it kept me from playing matches because I couldn't control the ball toss. I finally met up with a pro who fixed my toss; we've tweaked the service motion over the years, but he is the only one who can give me advice on it. I can be serving great for months, and then hit a rough patch where the toss goes off again. If I try to change anything in the service motion prior to the toss, it might work at first, then the toss goes south. I try to fix the problem by slowing down and thinking about where I'm going to hit the serve rather than the toss. The fact that Shriver said the yips will come and go made me feel a little better, and I'm interested to hear if other people have the yips and how they deal with it. Thanks. moonbat , Jul 9, 2008 From Wikipedia: In golf, the yips is a movement disorder known to interfere with putting.

The term yips is said to have been popularized by Tommy Armour — a golf champion and later golf teacher — to explain the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. In describing the yips, golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks. The yips affects between one-quarter and one-half of all mature golfers.[1] Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that 33 percent to 48 percent of all serious golfers have experienced the yips. Golfers who have played for more than 25 years appear to be most prone to the condition. Although the exact cause of the yips has yet to be determined, one possibility is that, in some golfers, the condition may result from biochemical changes in the brain that accompany aging. Excessive use of the involved muscles and intense demands of coordination and concentration may make the problem worse. Focal dystonia is mentioned as another possibility for the real cause of yips. The yips are most commonly associated with putting, and renowned golf coach Hank Haney has written a book specific to the subject in his 2007 “Fix the yips forever”.

He is best known as the current coach of world number one player Tiger Woods. Haney goes on to explain in his book that the yips are not restricted to putting but are also a common, although often undiagnosed, problem amongst advanced players for putting as well as chipping yips and full swing yips. The yips also affects other sports, mainly baseball, cricket, tennis, and Australian rules football. Guillermo Coria, tennis player from Argentina, who was number three in the world ranking, appears to suffer yips in his service. Nick Riewoldt, a StKilda AFL player also suffers from the kicking yips. In cricket, bowlers who suffer from yips are those who have trouble releasing the ball at the end of their action, such as bowler Keith Medlycott. More info: Cindysphinx , Jul 10, 2008 Moonbat, I too am going through a period of truly horrific serving. During practice out of a hopper, during matches, all the time. As I sit here, I cannot remember the last time I hit an ace. It is really a curse. The more trouble you have, the more you worry about it.

The more you worry about it, the more you miss, which causes you to worry, which causes you to miss. I'm a 3.5. My situation has become so bad that a 3.0 player who didn't know me well fired off some unsolicited advice that . . . :fights back tears: . . . that I needed to work on my serve. Oh, *ouch.* I'm on the road to recovery. I have an injury, so I figured I'd use the time off to work on serving. Despite going back to basics, my serves were still awful *and* I had no directional control either. What was the problem? Bad toss? Knee bend? Grip? Shoulders? I couldn't get anywhere at all, but I was managing to make my shoulder sore. I had a lesson today (worked on learning 1HBH slice). Pro fixed the serve in the last minutes of the lesson. I was apparently bending my knees too early and wasn't going up after the ball with full extension. That tended to make me miss into the net. So I was compensating by tossing farther back, which made the ball go long. After four minutes of correcting these problems, my old serve was back!

So. Maybe, Moonbat, your problem isn't the yips per se. Maybe it is something like what I've been experiencing: A temporary slump that causes lack of confidence that in turn causes the victim to make counterproductive adjustments that make the serve worse not better? Perhaps a quickie session with that pro would straighten you out? Cindy -- who can't wait to go out tomorrow and see if she can serve when her pro isn't standing right there giving her feedback Dupree , Jul 10, 2008 Today was basically my worst match ever,yesterday I beat this guy who was kinda good but not better than me,and today I played against a frikin pusher who the only good thing he had was his 1st serve,he managed to ace me like 5 or 6 times,but once he missed the first it was all over for him,because his 2nd was all or nothing,since he couldn't hit any 2nd serve whatsoever,so he either threw a 1st again or a patty cake serve,which was most cases.

But the guy still managed to beat me,because my 1st serve was nowhere to be seen,I missed like 95% of my 1st serves,but I think that the thing that was killing me was my toss,I noticed I tossed the ball too low and not enough forward into the court,so my % was rock bottom. So I think most times the ball toss and placement would be the main reasons to hit a bad serve,at least for me,and another very important thing I noticed you need to have to win a match is your physical condition! I was nearly dead by the second game,because I haven't been running at all,so that's another thing worthy of notice moonbat , Jul 10, 2008 Cindysphinx said: ↑ Moonbat, I too am going through a period of truly horrific serving. During practice out of a hopper, during matches, all the time. As I sit here, I cannot remember the last time I hit an ace. It is really a curse. The more trouble you have, the more you worry about it. The more you worry about it, the more you miss, which causes you to worry, which causes you to miss.

I'm a 3.5. My situation has become so bad that a 3.0 player who didn't know me well fired off some unsolicited advice that . . . :fights back tears: . . . that I needed to work on my serve. Oh, *ouch.* I'm on the road to recovery. I have an injury, so I figured I'd use the time off to work on serving. Despite going back to basics, my serves were still awful *and* I had no directional control either. What was the problem? Bad toss? Knee bend? Grip? Shoulders? I couldn't get anywhere at all, but I was managing to make my shoulder sore. I had a lesson today (worked on learning 1HBH slice). Pro fixed the serve in the last minutes of the lesson. I was apparently bending my knees too early and wasn't going up after the ball with full extension. That tended to make me miss into the net. So I was compensating by tossing farther back, which made the ball go long. After four minutes of correcting these problems, my old serve was back! So. Maybe, Moonbat, your problem isn't the yips per se.

Maybe it is something like what I've been experiencing: A temporary slump that causes lack of confidence that in turn causes the victim to make counterproductive adjustments that make the serve worse not better? Perhaps a quickie session with that pro would straighten you out? Cindy -- who can't wait to go out tomorrow and see if she can serve when her pro isn't standing right there giving her feedback Click to expand... Thanks, Cindy--I hope you recover from your injury soon. My serve worked well today, but I agree that once it gets into your head, everything goes downhill. This year has been an absolute stress fest for me (don't get me started), so I guess eventually the turmoil caught up with my game. I like the idea of a "temporary slump" though...yips be damned! Good luck with your serve tomorrow---don't think about it, just hit it. Our bodies know what to do, it's our brain that gets in the way. anchorage , Jul 11, 2008 The yips only seem to occur with something which requires control and precision .

You never hear of the yips in golf relating to driving (one of the top pros once observed that hitting a 300 yard drive was easy, holing a 12 foot putt extremely difficult). Obviously, a lot of the cause is mental. First, you think there is a problem then you fixate on it, ensuring that it really is a problem. It's difficult to change that cycle, I guess. That said, the advantage you have in tennis over, say, putting in golf, is that there's a greater range of motion involved. By that I mean in putting, the aim is to keep most parts of the body static. The tennis serve should be a far more fluid motion. On that basis, if I had the yips in tennis when tossing the ball, I would work on overall fluidity. I suspect you find with tennis player yips, the tossing action is not accompanied by the proper fluidity in the service motion as the player is overly focused on the toss. What I'm trying to say is that you need to explicitly make the toss an intergral part fo a very fluid takeback.

That way, your brain is less focused on one specific task and you can then generate a new feel for the service action as a whole. Hope this helps. moonbat , Jul 11, 2008 anchorage said: ↑ The yips only seem to occur with something which requires control and precision . You never hear of the yips in golf relating to driving (one of the top pros once observed that hitting a 300 yard drive was easy, holing a 12 foot putt extremely difficult). Obviously, a lot of the cause is mental. First, you think there is a problem then you fixate on it, ensuring that it really is a problem. It's difficult to change that cycle, I guess. That said, the advantage you have in tennis over, say, putting in golf, is that there's a greater range of motion involved. By that I mean in putting, the aim is to keep most parts of the body static. The tennis serve should be a far more fluid motion. On that basis, if I had the yips in tennis when tossing the ball, I would work on overall fluidity.

I suspect you find with tennis player yips, the tossing action is not accompanied by the proper fluidity in the service motion as the player is overly focused on the toss. What I'm trying to say is that you need to explicitly make the toss an intergral part fo a very fluid takeback. That way, your brain is less focused on one specific task and you can then generate a new feel for the service action as a whole. Hope this helps. Thanks, anchorage. That's good advice. Yips Y Yips Yips, or The yips is an expression describing an apparently baseless sudden loss of ability in one of a number of different sports. Professional or leading amateur sportsmen affected by the Yips sometimes recover their ability, sometimes compensate by changing technique, or may be forced to abandon their sport at the highest level. In golf In golf , the yips is a movement disorder known to interfere with putting. The term yips is said to have been popularized by Tommy Armour — a golf champion and later golf teacher — to explain the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. In describing the yips, golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks.

The yips affects between one-quarter and one-half of all mature golfers. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that 33 percent to 48 percent of all serious golfers have experienced the yips. Golfers who have played for more than 25 years appear to be most prone to the condition. Golfers seriously afflicted by the yips include Bernhard Langer, Ben Hogan , Harry Vardon, and Sam Snead, whose late-career putting was "painful to watch" according to fellow pro golfer Ben Crenshaw . Although the exact cause of the yips has yet to be determined, one possibility is that, in some golfers, the condition may result from biochemical changes in the brain that accompany aging. Excessive use of the involved muscles and intense demands of coordination and concentration may make the problem worse. Focal dystonia is mentioned as another possibility for the real cause of yips. The yips are most commonly associated with putting, and renowned golf coach Hank Haney has written a book specific to the subject in his 2007 “Fix the Yips Forever”. He is best known as the current coach of world number one player Tiger Woods.

Haney goes on to explain in his book that the yips are not restricted to putting but are also a common, although often undiagnosed, problem amongst advanced players resulting in chipping yips and full swing yips. In cricket In cricket, the yips applies mostly to bowlers and seems predominantly to affect left-arm spinners. The affliction seems to involve bowlers having trouble releasing the ball at the end of their action. A notable recent example of this was Keith Medlycott, who was forced to abandon the sport, having reached the England squad. Another player, Gavin Hamilton, having played a Test as an all-rounder, largely abandoned his right-arm medium pace bowling, following the yips. He did not make another Test appearance, but has enjoyed a One Day International career for Scotland, predominantly as a specialist batsman.

In other sports The yips also affects other sports, including Australian rules football (Nick Riewoldt, a StKilda AFL player also suffers from the kicking yips.), baseball (Mike Pelfrey) and Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher (Steve Blass) who was sent down to the minors to rid himself of the yips, i., e., "Steve Blass Disease" diagnosis is applied to talented players who inexplicably and permanently seem to lose their ability, basketball (Chuck Hayes' free throw shot) and tennis (Guillermo Coria and Elena Dementieva are examples). In darts the yips are known as dartitis, with five-time world champion Eric Bristow as the best example. In popular culture In 2007, the yips were a major part of the plot line of an episode of How I Met Your Mother, a CBS comedy. The episode was titled "The Yips," and uses the yips as a metaphor for the character Barney's sudden difficulties in hitting on women. The yips were featured in 2009 on an episode of Psych, a comedy on USA Network.

The episode, "Shawn Gets the Yips," shows the main character, Shawn, in need of a sports psychologist because he apparently suffers from the yips. The 4th episode of the Psychology anime K%C5%ABch%C5%AB Buranko involves a patient suffering the Yips. In Season 5 Episode 1 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry discovers that the doctor performing surgery on his father has the yips during a game of golf. (Wikipedia) 2015 July It was painful to watch but a lesson for all of us. When amateur Paul Dunne teed off in the final twosome of The Open Championship on Monday, I wondered how many far less accomplished amateurs were feeling his pain. I sure was. It brought back memories of crumbling under the pressure of trying to perform on the first-tee stage. Dunne mis-hit his tee shot, but no problem there — the hole is so short, he still didn’t have much left. He had talked the previous day about his nerves getting the better of him on his first shot of the day, so it wasn’t exactly a surprise. Neither was what happened next.

Dunne chunked his short iron so badly, it landed short of Swilcan Burn in front of the green and didn’t even roll in. He gathered himself enough to chip over the burn and two-putt for bogey, but then what happened on the second tee was even more embarrassing. Dunne’s drive on No. 2 was so far right, it landed on the chipping green. It had to be at least 50 yards right of the fairway. Not knowing if his ball was in play, he hit a provisional — and it went into a gorse bush. So he hit another provisional that wasn’t much better but at least was in play. Three tee balls, one red face. Fortunately, Dunne was able to play his first ball although he no doubt was embarrassed to have to hit a shot from way over there, in such a ridiculous spot that tournament officials couldn’t even get all the spectators out of the way — he had to hit over them.

And to his credit, he managed a bogey on the hole and steadied himself from there to shoot 78, which wasn’t good, of course, for someone tied for the Open lead, but at least it wasn’t 88 or 98. If you ever have been tempted to say, “Oh, I could play with those guys. I’ve got game! I would just slow down my swing and play like it was a regular round,” take it back. Right now. That was Exhibit A of why the pros are pros and we’re just shlubs who try to make a birdie now and again. We’ve all hit some hilariously wild shots when the pressure got turned up a little, but imagine what would happen if the whole world was watching and you were at the birthplace of golf. Could you even take the club back? Could you even make contact? You could start the round with a 20-shot lead and it probably wouldn’t be enough. I think it’s safe to say that most of us — even low handicappers — would shoot well into the 80s or 90s or even into triple digits in that situation.

I know I’ve done it in far less difficult circumstances, so I have no doubt the club would feel like a hockey stick in front of so many people. But while I felt bad for Paul Dunne, I also learned from him. I liked his stoic, somewhat bemused demeanor as his round went immediately awry. Yes, he let out an audible groan on the second tee when he blocked out his tee shot, but I thought he maintained his composure exceptionally well. And I loved the way he fought back. He actually shot even par on the front nine thanks to birdies on Nos. 3 and 5, and he had only one double bogey on the back nine. Amid all that suffering, he didn’t have a single blow-up hole. So maybe that’s the lesson here. Sure, you’re going to hit it sideways under pressure once in awhile, but the key is to turn disaster into a bogey and keep grinding. Keep telling yourself it’s only a game. Have fun out there. After all, you’re not tied for the lead in The Open Championship. You’re probably just playing for who buys lunch.

Posted in Rick Vacek Column | Comments Off on If you were Dunne, would you be done from the start? A Few Words About the “Yips” Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 According to Wikipedia, the term âyipsâ is said to have been popularized by Tommy Armour (the Elder), a champion golfer and teacher, to explain the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. Golfers have used words such as âtwitches, staggers, jitters and jerksâ to describe the yips, which affects some 33-48 percent of all serious golfers, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. Those who have played for more than 25 years appear to be the most prone to the condition. Researchers point to biochemical changes in the brain as one possible culprit, âfocal dystoniaâ (a neurological condition affecting certain muscle groups) as another. Professional golfers are not immune, either.

Bernhard Langer, Ben Hogan, Harry Vardon, Sam Snead were among those affected, and even newcomer, Keegan Bradley, who missed a simple 6-inch putt in the final round of the 2013 HP Byron Nelson Championship, may have been suffering from the condition. Golfer and commentator Nick Faldo recently suggested that Tiger Woods may be suffering from the yips as well. Interventions for treating the yips have proven less than fruitful. Changing putters, grips and hand placements on the grip, stances, ball positions at addressâall have been tried, and the benefits proven to be temporary at best. My own humble suggestion is to go back to what you did when you were making putts and leave the rest up to scientific experiments. Have fun, play well and enjoy the experience that you are in at the time. And donât forget to take in the beauty of your surroundings, wherever you are playing. It’s so simple, when you think about it. But then there are the times when everything is going great, you’re playing as if you don’t have a care in the world, and one awful shot costs you several more and throws your round into a tizzy.

That’s the difference between the pros and us. Spieth could have packed it in after his 11th-hole bogey Sunday. He could have sulked. He could have figured that leader Tom Gillis was going to make at least another birdie or two down the stretch, making that four-shot lead practically insurmountable. We let a bad hole lead to more bad holes; the pros tend to turn a bad hole into extra motivation. They know they’re good, so they just look to get even. We don’t have the same confidence, so we just look to survive. We all know golf is such a mind game, but it will be more fascinating than ever to watch how Spieth deals with the pressure this week at St. Andrews. He can’t possible win again, can he? That’s how we would think. This guy is special because of his belief system.

He gives a whole new meaning to “in the zone.” Posted in Rick Vacek Column | Comments Off on Spieth’s incredible 2015 season is ‘in a zone’ by itself Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 By Charley Coppola An enterprising chap by the name of Michael Jordan may be taking his own swing at the problem of slow play. The former NBA great is reportedly so fed up with the snailâs pace at the Bearâs Club in Jupiter, Florida, where he is a member with PGA pros Rory McIlroy and Keegan Bradley, that he is considering an option he has on a property near the club. Jordan had Greg Norman out to take a tour of the property. If it winds up coming to fruition as a golf course, Jordan will be able to host a very small cadre of sports comrades who share his passion for fast play. Stay tuned for more as this story develops. It was like getting a glimpse of the future and seeing that it was good. Will we see 15-inch cups on every course? Definitely not, nor should we. It would look silly to have those cups on a difficult course that beginners and lesser players aren’t likely to attempt.

But will we see them more and more on muni-type courses? I don’t see why not. Anything that gets more people out there is good for the game, and this potentially could make the game much more enjoyable for a larger percentage of the golfing public. I can see a scenario where having different cups for each ability level enables those players to have a better match. One could play to the regular cups, the other to the big ones. Rather than give a lesser opponent two shots a hole, it could be one shot and the different size cups. Here’s something else I thought of: I’ve never had a hole-in-one. Wouldn’t it be just my luck to jar it into the oversize cup? Yep, that’s how it’s going to happen. Does that count? I didn’t think so. NO GLORY FOR RORY? The news that Rory McIlroy ruptured a ligament in his left ankle playing soccer sounded like a season-ender to some observers, but don’t be so sure. One of the beauties of golf is that you can play it if you’re slightly impeded. Some people play it with only one arm or leg or some other severe limitation.

I’ve had times when I’ve played despite a sprained thumb or finger or not being able to bend over to take my ball out of the hole. I think the main issue for McIlroy in The Open Championship next week will be his ability to walk 18 holes. If the ankle heals even a little in the next few days, he could come up with a swing that allows him to play. Will he win the tournament on one leg? Doubtful. But can he play? I wouldn’t be surprised. Â It will have to be a really serious injury to keep him out of The Open altogether. STREB’S IMPROV: It would have been one of the stories of the year if Robert Streb had won the Greenbrier Classic on Sunday despite breaking his putter and having to putt with his sand wedge on the back nine. Streb’s nimble improvisation got me thinking: What club would I use if my putter wasn’t available? I’ve never broken one and don’t plan on it anytime soon, but it’s an interesting question. I don’t know about a sand wedge. I’ve tried it, and it just doesn’t feel right. I was thinking maybe a 3-iron.

I wouldn’t have to bend over so far, and I could treat it more like a chip shot. But I’ve got a better solution: Don’t bang your putter against your bag. In fact, don’t bang it at all. I know we always joke that it’s the equipment’s fault, but anyone who breaks a golf club needs to find another way to express their frustration. Just say out loud, “It’s still a wonderful game.” And then go birdie the #$%*@ next hole. Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Two cups, one green — it adds up to a new way to play Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 By Charley Coppola Laser Putt is a unique new product that provides two lasersâGreen and Redâand three laser systemsâAlignment, Calibration, and Visualizationâ to help straighten out your putts. The product showed me my weaknesses and brought my putting to a new level.

Question: Golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks to describe what?
Answer: The YIPS