Discover Your Warning Signs to Avoid Putting Yips Are there any warning signs for the yips? Is it possible to prevent the yips from popping up in your game? In our Golf Mental Game Survey, many golfers express their frustration with the yips. In most instances, golfers request help to overcome the yips after having the yips for an extended … Putting Yips Article>>
Don’t Let the Yips Take Control The yips can break a golfer mentally, which leads to giving up golf altogether. Imagine, for a couple of months you are playing some of your best golf of your life and it all unraveled a few weeks later. An effortless swing turns into a mechanical forced stroke. What was once easy now seems … Putting Yips Article>>
How Do You Control Your Nerves When Putting? The moment you walk on the green to look at your putt, do you become anxious about putting? This is what happens to Jacob. He wrote me to say: “I want to find a way to control my nerves once I get on the green. I start shaking from nerves and miss … Putting Yips Article>>
Why Does Your Stoke Change? Does your putting stroke feel different on the course? Maybe you consider your putting game as your primary strength, then all of the sudden you can’t make a short putt. Most golfers will attempt to work it out by spending more time on the practice green. Some may try to change grip, switch putters or … Putting Yips Article>>
Confidence With Short Putts Having expectations for your golf game contributes to the yips cycle and here is why… Whether you expect to yip a shot or expect to make all three-footers, expectations don’t help you swing the club or putter freely. Expectations are unwritten demands that you place on yourself about your performance or golf scores. For example, “I … Putting Yips Article>>
Developing Mental Toughness in Golf In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about having stable confidence in sports. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. Here’s the question Dr. Cohn answers this week about how to … Putting Yips Article>>