Golf's Global Pandemic: The Yips... and We've Got Your Mask - The Yips Whisperer

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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754: The Yips causes more golfers to quit the game than slow play. Jim Waldron, “The Yips Whisperer”, our “Yoda of Yips”, works with golfers around the world helping to cure their yips in a few short sessions. In this episode we talk about causes, cures, manifestations, and a pre-shot routine that will block the Yips from your mind. If you need help because the Yips are ruining your enjoyment of playing, contact Jim at BalancePointGolf.comOur next giveaway is for The Pro swing training aid courtesy of SwingThePro.com and Dan Martin Golf, and The Claw glove from CaddyDaddyGolf.com. Deadline to enter is Sunday, August 23, 2020 at Midnight PDT/3a EDT. Enter at GolfSmarter.com/giveaway2020. Listen for details. Check out this video from Rustic Canyon GC of host Fred Greene getting a quick lesson on how to use The Pro from Dan Martin. https://youtu.be/BaHd4ELEnmsThis week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #70, PGA Tour Caddie Mike "Fluff" Cowan shares his entertaining history of carrying the bag for some of the Tour's best players, including Tiger, Furyk and Jacobsen. He also addresses what is involved for the Caddie to help a great player win. How would you like a free copy of Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”? All you have to do is write a review for Golf Smarter in Apple Podcasts (or where ever you subscribe to Golf Smarter) and forward your comments to @golfsmarter on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, or via email to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So when you execute in the zone, which is what I teach people to be in the zone, including the Ips people,
0:05.0	everything seems real narrow, real simple, really calm, really composed.
0:09.0	There's no anxiety, there's no confusion, the mind is very calm because you're only focusing in one thing.
0:15.0	In this case, I mentioned grip pressure.
0:17.0	So the only thing I feel during those last few steps of the swing trigger ritual, my mind's on my grip pressure.
0:24.1	Next thing I know, I'm starting my takeaway.
0:26.3	Next thing I know I'm at my finish.
0:27.9	And the only thing I've been paying attention to during that roughly two and a half seconds or so is my grip pressure.
0:33.5	That's it.
0:34.7	But you take a person with severe yips, they're experiencing intense fear, intense anxiety
0:41.9	at the emotional level and at the physical level.
0:45.1	But at the mental level, they're having thoughts go by.
0:47.8	Like every tenth of a second, there's a thought coming into their head, and they're all negative.
0:52.8	And they're like, how many ways am I going to screw this up?
0:55.3	Golf Smarter, number 754.
0:59.6	It's Golf's global pandemic known as the Yips, and we've got your mask.
1:04.6	The Yoda of Yips, Jim Waldron.
1:06.5	This is Golf Smarter.
1:09.5	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:17.2	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:19.9	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter podcast, Jimmy.
1:23.4	Thank you, Fred.
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