{"id":7926,"date":"2016-12-05T20:29:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T20:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=7926"},"modified":"2025-06-10T05:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:07:48","slug":"how-can-you-cure-the-yips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-can-you-cure-the-yips\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can You Cure The Yips?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_You_Have_The_Full_Swing_Yips\"><\/span>Do You Have The Full Swing Yips?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><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\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-can-you-cure-the-yips\/#Do_You_Have_The_Full_Swing_Yips\" >Do You Have The Full Swing Yips?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-can-you-cure-the-yips\/#Here_is_the_questions_Eric_asks_this_week\" >Here is the questions Eric asks this week:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-can-you-cure-the-yips\/#Listen_to_the_audio_below_to_hear_what_2_things_Dr_Cohn_tells_Eric\" >Listen to the audio below to hear what 2 things Dr. Cohn tells Eric:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-can-you-cure-the-yips\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-can-you-cure-the-yips\/#Golfers_Mental_Edge\" >Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think you have the full swing yips and you stand over the ball for so long that you can&#8217;t take it back as if you are frozen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/golfers-mental-edge-cd-program\/\">Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a> CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, answers a question from a golfer who has the full swing yips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Here_is_the_questions_Eric_asks_this_week\"><\/span>Here is the questions Eric asks this week:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I have the full swing yips and I&#8217;ve had it in the past and it went away&#8230; Now its back again. I waggle by moving my feet, I call it dancing. It can take 2-3 waggles, or maybe 25 waggles to move the club back. I&#8217;m frozen. I had the putting yips in the past but it went away when I switched to left handed putting. It&#8217;s my best stroke today. I&#8217;ve tried everything to figure out a trigger but nothing seems to help. I&#8217;m almost at a point where I have to give up the game I love. 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