{"id":15020,"date":"2023-02-02T18:53:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=15020"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:56:46","slug":"should-you-tell-other-players-they-have-the-yips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/should-you-tell-other-players-they-have-the-yips\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Tell Other Players They Have the Yips &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this sports psychology video, you learn if you should <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Neeily4zopw&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tell others if they have the yips\">tell others if they have the yips<\/a> <\/strong>or not say anything at all. The problem is ball players will make it worse by changing mechanics when it was a mental game issue to start with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_to_Learn_more\"><\/span>Watch to Learn more:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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