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Where Do the Putting Yips Really Come From?
Topic Started: Oct 29 2012, 03:08 AM (193 Views)
andrew

A search of the internet shows a general consensus that the putting yips are a mental affliction caused by fear and a lack of confidence. As is normally the case when considering conventional wisdom, the symptoms are confused with the cause.

As long as golfers are lead to believe the symptoms of the yips are the cause, it is a losing battle to try to fight them. A doctor who treats your symptoms cannot cure you. He can only make you feel a little better while going through the illness and your body cures itself. A teacher that treats the symptoms of your yips cannot cure you either.

Putting yips are caused by a physical reflex I have termed the "impact reflex". Simply stated, your eyes have a built in aversion to watching impacting objects. It doesn't matter if it is a car collision or use cheap golf clubs striking a golf ball, your eyes instinctively don't want to look at it.

The normal reaction is a blink of the eyes at the instant of the impact. Alternatively, the eyes will simply look away from the impact. Did you really think you were trying to peek at the hole? The first few peeks were the impact reflex taking over your stroke. After it happens a few times your mind begins making compensations that result is all kinds of symptoms.

If you have the yips, there are two things you need to do. First is to re-establish your confidence by hitting a lot of the longest putt you cannot miss. It may be 18 inches or two feet. Whatever, just don't miss any putts for while.
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