How to Cure the Yips?
Treatment Change Your Grip. This Technique Works for Many Golfers, Because It Changes the Muscles You Use to Make Your Putting Stroke. Use a Different Putter...
- Change your grip. This technique works for many golfers, because it changes the muscles you use to make your putting stroke.
- Use a different putter. A longer putter allows you to use more of your arms and shoulders and less of your hands and wrists while putting. ...
- Mental skills training. ...
- Botox injection.
Why do I have putting yips?
In some people, the yips are a type of focal dystonia, a condition that causes involuntary muscle contractions during a specific task. It's most likely related to overuse of a certain set of muscles, similar to writer's cramp. Anxiety worsens the effect.
How do you cure golf yips?
If you have the yips in the long game, try thinking about chipping the ball forward in a straight line off the front of the tee. If it's the full swing that causes the yip, convince yourself that you just want to bunt the ball forwards, but then hit through much harder, so that the 'chip' becomes a full shot.
David Miller brings 15 years of experience in global economics, personal finance strategy, and market dynamics. He specializes in turning complex economic trends into actionable insights for everyday readers.
