Overcoming The Full-Swing Yips The yips can drive your out of the game of golf. Standing over a five-foot putt knowing there is a good chance you will miss creates intense anxiety. This leads to tension and over control of the stroke causing your to flinch or jab at the ball. Imagine how difficult it is to play with the … Putting Yips Article>>
PGA Tour Players With The Yips Why aren’t some Tour Pro’s able to overcome the yips when money is no object? We’ve seen Kevin Na, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington, even Tiger Woods get the yips over the last couple of years. You’ve heard of the statement: Money doesn’t buy happiness, right? Well, money does not buy a yip-free stroke in … Putting Yips Article>>
Why Practice is Easy, But Confidence Disappears Today, I answer two questions from golfers about overcoming the yips… One golfer recently wrote the following: “Practice is just as easy as before. I have full confidence, but I flinch when it counts on the course. I really don’t know the answer, but I’m trying a very loose grip and making a little progress.” … Putting Yips Article>>
When You Focus Too Much on Your Stroke Carl wrote in to say that he has a putting drill to add to the one’s I suggested for freeing up the putter (works for chipping too). Before I get to that, here’s what he asked: “How do you back off from a putt when you start to feel you are loosing … Putting Yips Article>>
Freeing Up Your Golf Swing How much should you think over your putts or shots? Great question… One golfer wrote in to tell me he’s starting to understand that over thinking or being too conscious of what he’s doing does not help…. This is what Mark had to say: “The yips are definitely mental, caused by doubt and self-consciousness, not … Putting Yips Article>>
How To Improve Your Putting Here’s the question of the week from my yips survey: “How do I keep my concentration or routine on short putts? It seems like I have no control over my putting stroke in competition when I have 2-5 footers.” Your putting routine is very important to helping you make putts and perform consistently. That’s because … Putting Yips Article>>