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DECEMBER, 2000
"Eliminating The
Yips"
The
first step in eliminating the yips is to
understand why you have them. The yips are caused
from having fear about missing a putt. It may be
a recent condition or one that you have had for
years.
Let's
take a look at the comments from two golfers with
the yips. "I'm looking to see if I could
find a cure for my intermittent problem which
surfaced when I was playing my 5th match in our
Club's match play championship and I was favored
to win." In this situation, the golfer's
yips occurred when he was faced with winning a
tournament. With proper insights, his yips can be
eliminated very quickly.
However,
it may take longer for this golfer to cure her
yips because she feels her problem doesn't
originate from her concern or fear about missing
a putt. "I have been suffering from a
serious case of the putting yips for over 20
years. I read everything I can on the subject.
And don't tell me not to worry about missing a
putt. I can miss any putt on any green with
miraculous ease. The problem is in not allowing
myself to make the putt."
Both
of these golfers' yips result from fear. Once you
acknowledge that you fear missing a putt, the
next step is to realize that fear only can exist
when you are concerned about the outcome or
making the putt. Whenever you about to putt, your
mind will replay the same emotional experience of
fear and recreate the yips.
The
only way to eliminate the yips is to train your
mind to stop focusing on making the putt and
focus solely on the process. This is easier said
than done. However, if you can stay in the
present and not worry about the outcome, you will
not have fear and you will be more relaxed. This
will allow your mind to instinctively read the
green, determine how the ball will break and give
you the proper direction and force to apply to
sink the putt.
You
can train your mind to stay in the present and
remove your fear of missing the putt. If you miss
the putt, don't worry because you would have
missed it with the yips anyway. After you putt
allow your mind to learn from the feedback, so
you can make the appropriate adjustments needed
to sink future putts. In time you will make more
putts and your fears and yips will disappear.
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"My game had
improved since reading your book and applying
your Mental Tips. Last year was my first year of
golf. When I applied your techniques, I
immediately took 10 strokes off my game. I am
also able to get my game back on track after a
"bad" hole. Thank you for taking the
time to write this book. Not only has it helped
in my golf game, but in other aspects of my life
as well! Thanks again."
-Nancy Edwards
Phoenix, NY
"I partially put your program to work after
reading the material. When I began, my golf
league average, at several courses was a 94. My
last three rounds have been 83, 86 and today an
80! I putted for birdie on the last hole and that
would have given me a 79 for the first time ever.
I made the par.
"I am now rereading your material and plan
to absorb more from it and put it to use in a
more organized way. Being focused on the process
rather than the outcome has definitely helped my
score.
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